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| Michigan magnesium plant explosion due to water-based fire suppression |
| 2018-05-25 |
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| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #10 Expect to see much more of this as high schools and colleges are converted into socialist, communist knuckle dragging indoctrination camps. |
| Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 2018-05-25 19:59 |
| #9 Electrical fire, fuse room with *live* power, and (idiot) supervisor was stopped pulling a 1" water hose at the door... Probably would have shut down the whole production floor for a week and *zapped* him into Intensive Care (if he was lucky). |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-05-25 15:35 |
| #8 This is as bad and stupid as that explosion in Tianjin a couple years back... you know, the one with the carbide? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-05-25 14:41 |
| #7 Suit up the board of directors, give'em a 2" line, and kick their asses towards the fire. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-05-25 14:10 |
| #6 A water-based fire suppression system in a magnesium plant. Brilliant. Simply brilliant... Yeah. This is basic high school chemistry and the facts of life for anyone who puts out fires for a living. It's hard to imagine the multiple levels of fuckupery required for this to happen. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-05-25 13:15 |
| #5 One interesting thing about the aftermath. Ford moved 84,000 lb of its machinery from this plant to somewhere in the UK over a 30 hour period to recover their ability to continue producing their best selling line, pickups. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-05-25 13:04 |
| #4 A water-based fire suppression system in a magnesium plant. Brilliant. Simply brilliant... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2018-05-25 11:05 |
| #3 "we saw a white glow in the tunnel. We exited the plant at that time" at a rapid pace. Saw the aftermath of a mag fire, not much else to do. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-05-25 11:00 |
| #2 It's Flint water. It'll extinguish anything... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-05-25 10:23 |
| #1 Oy vey. Who was the schlimazel? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-05-25 09:28 |