Officials are still investigating how workers mixing chemicals at a plant south of Dallas led to a blaze that shot massive plumes of black smoke and bright orange flames into the sky, forcing residents to be evacuated for several hours from their homes.
Firefighters monitored the blaze overnight on Tuesday but the fire had been mostly contained a day earlier.
The blaze broke out before 11 a.m. Monday at a Magnablend Inc. facility in Waxahachie (wahks-uh-HA’-chee), located 30 miles south of Dallas. No serious injuries were reported.
Officials say the fire was sparked as workers mixed chemicals but it was not immediately known what chemicals were involved.
A chemical fire raging out of control at an industrial plant in Waxahachie, Texas Monday October 3, 2011. The fast-moving inferno burned out of control at the Magnablend, Inc. chemical plant near the town of Waxahachie, with billows of smoke blackening skies for miles around. No injuries were immediately reported and workers and visitors were evacuated.
Firefighters monitored the blaze overnight on Tuesday but the fire had been mostly contained a day earlier.
The blaze broke out before 11 a.m. Monday at a Magnablend Inc. facility in Waxahachie (wahks-uh-HA’-chee), located 30 miles south of Dallas. No serious injuries were reported.
Officials say the fire was sparked as workers mixed chemicals but it was not immediately known what chemicals were involved.
A chemical fire raging out of control at an industrial plant in Waxahachie, Texas Monday October 3, 2011. The fast-moving inferno burned out of control at the Magnablend, Inc. chemical plant near the town of Waxahachie, with billows of smoke blackening skies for miles around. No injuries were immediately reported and workers and visitors were evacuated.
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