Giant Fire Hits Illinois Chemical Plant
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published June 15, 2021 | 03:29 PM
A colossal fire at a US chemical plant sent pluming flames into the air Monday, and emitted a column of thick, black smoke hundreds of feet high
Chicago, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Jun, 2021 ) :A colossal fire at a US chemical plant sent pluming flames into the air Monday, and emitted a column of thick, black smoke hundreds of feet high.
Everyone within a one-mile radius of the Chemtool facility in Illinois was told to evacuate the area.
The company, a subsidiary of chemicals giant Lubrizol, said no one was hurt in the fire at the factory on the outskirts of Rockton -- about 80 miles northwest of Chicago -- which makes industrial fluids and greases.
"It's been a very catastrophic day for our community," Rockton fire chief Kirk Wilson told a press conference.
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