East Chicago Amoco refinery on fire

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East Chicago Amoco refinery on fire; need confirmation

[RoughDobermann]

Hugh, I tell you, hugh!! This could be vey series indeed...

[Redcloak]

I'm running out of hot water...

[Caliban]

saw the same news on Boots & Coots message board...

[Snidely Whiplash]

Hugh, I tell you, hugh!!

What does Hillary's brother have to do with this???

Snidely

[RoughDobermann]

What does Hillary's brother have to do with this???

One never knows. Could be a chemical fire...

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saw the same news on Boots & Coots message board...

Boots & Coots?

[RedWing9]

Chicago gas prices will rise above $2 for the first time in many years.

And I gaurantee, the Leftists will blame Bush...

[MassExodus]

I think I'm gonna go home early today, who's wit me

[borkrules]

I like cheese!

[anobjectivist]

greenpeace?

[Caliban]

Boots and Coots is a company that fights large petroleum fires...I happened to see the fire mentioned there...and cruised over here to see if anything was posted about it here!

[ez]

Osama called for "secret attacks."

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East Chicago? You mean Whiting? Amoco? You mean BP?

Do you have a local news source or firsthand account by chance?

[RoughDobermann]

Has anyone got confirmation on this yet? I'm sure Fox News has a BREAKING NEW ALERT (for tonight's O'Reilly Factor guest list, that is...)

[philman_36]

Boots & Coots?

Boots & Coots
When all hell breaks loose, call the professionals!

[Jumpmaster]

"What does Hillary's brother have to do with this???

One never knows. Could be a chemical fire..."

Nah.... billing records.

[laconic]

Jesse Jackson blames Bush for it; someone yelled "fire" because they were scared by all those terrorist warnings last week. A workman on top of the refinery reacted in shock, dropped a tool and it set off the blaze, which is why Bush will be blamed by Jackson for high gas prices.

[RoughDobermann]

LOL. But, in all seriesness, refinery fires can be a tad unpleasant. Let's hope they can get it under control quickly ans safely.

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Boots & Coots
When all hell breaks loose, call the professionals!

Thanks for the info

[Caliban]

Boots and Coots (WEL stock symbol) is going into bankruptcy...made basically offical today...I work for one of their major competitors ...we fight oil fires and well blowouts as well as provide non emergency oilfield services to the patch...BTW we are currently getting ready to go to Iraq...have had lots of talks with people in DC and had background checks on the response teams...

[Eva]

There is no Amoco. It is BP. They dropped the Amoco from the name over a year ago.

[alkiburki]

Just saw it on CNN Live, it's real.

[Johnny Gage]

was there an "exposion" like on the CDC thread?

[blam]

"I think I'm gonna go home early today, who's wit me"

Thanks for axing me.

[saxxa]

i seen a one minute clip of it , and then right back to scott petersons swimming pool.......unbelievable!!!

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There is no Amoco. It is BP. They dropped the Amoco from the name over a year ago.

okay, thanks.

[1Old Pro]

Oh great, just what the peacenicks want.....$5.00/gallon just we can be like their buds in France and Germany.

[laconic]

I agree; it was just a logical extension of the "Reverend" Jackson's comments on the Chicago tragedy, which he is apparently trying to blame on Bush.

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Just saw it on CNN Live, it's real.

Thanks, if you have any details to add, please do.

[philman_36]

Boots and Coots (WEL stock symbol) is going into bankruptcy...
Sorry to hear that about B&C. The whole Red Adair/Boots Hansen/Coots Matthews affair was pretty sad.
...we are currently getting ready to go to Iraq...
I wouldn't go to Arabia 15 years ago and I sure wouldn't go now. Same with Venezuela.
Money can't buy everything.

[mhking]

From WMAQ-TV/DT Chicago:

Company Firefighters Battle BP Amoco Oil Refinery Fire

POSTED: 1:48 p.m. CST February 18, 2003
WHITING, Ind. -- Amoco Fire: Whiting, Ind.A fire broke out at the BP Amoco refinery in Whiting, Ind., early Tuesday afternoon.

There were no injuries reported, but an ambulance was called to the scene as a precaution, company officials said.

Company firefighters were handling the blaze and did not call Whiting or East Chicago firefighters in to help.

[timesarechangin]

Reuters
UPDATE - BP says Indiana refinery fire contained
Tuesday February 18, 2:49 pm ET


(Recasts with BP confirmation)
NEW YORK, Feb 18 (Reuters) - BP Plc (London:BP.L - News; NYSE:BP - News) said a fire at its 410,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Whiting, Indiana, has been contained, and added that refinery has not been shut down.

"There is a fire at the plant and we have it contained. The plant continues to operate," said a BP spokesman.

The official could not immediately give details on any injuries, cause or extent of the fire, or what part of the plant was affected.

The refinery, near Chicago, had been in planned maintenance and was to return to normal operations soon.

[WIladyconservative]

Or the search warrant Scott Peterson was just served with?

[Eva]

When BP took over ARCO, they said that their plan was to see $4.00/gal gas in the US, just like in Europe. They said that they thought that their gas should sell for the same price around the world.

[JustPiper]

He was?

[savedbygrace]

Osama called for "secret attacks."

Well, you can't keep a big refinery fire secret for very long. What was he thinking?

[TheRightGuy]

East Chicago? You mean Whiting? Amoco? You mean BP?

Yup. I believe this is the rebuild of the old Standard Oil refinery that blew up Whiting in the '50s. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[WIladyconservative]

yup - they're searching his house now.

[mhking]

Yup. I believe this is the rebuild of the old Standard Oil refinery that blew up Whiting in the '50s. Correct me if I'm wrong.

No, you're right. My dad has told me about that one.

[Lexington Green]

Concurrent fires at BP refinery and CDC? What a coincidence...

[TheRightGuy]

There is no Amoco. It is BP. They dropped the Amoco from the name over a year ago.

Not entirely true. Yes BP bought Amoco. Yes all the service stations have been rebranded as BP. But the product dispensed at the the BP pumps is still refered to as Amoco fuels ("the name America trusts").

[Dog Gone]

This must have occurred in a storage facility apart from the actual refinery.

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Thanks all. Sounds like the worst is over.