San Antonio Refinery Explosion
[Guest post by DRJ]
A tanker truck refilling at a San Antonio refinery has exploded:
“Cindy Campbell, the controller at AGE Refining Inc., said a truck fire erupted while it was parked at a fuel loading dock at the plant near Southeast Military Drive and South Presa Street. Fire officials said two tanker trucks were at the dock at the time, and one remained ablaze hours later.
The company, which serves the U.S. Air Force, handles jet fuel and diesel, Campbell said. The facility — the city’s only refinery — was fined in 2007 for 13 “serious violations” by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The violations remain current, according to OSHA.”
One person was critically injured and transported to Brooke Army Medical, presumably with burns. A driver is unaccounted for.
Accidents happen in oil-related industries, as with any combustible product. This is a tragic event for the people involved and the OSHA issues raise red flags. However, the fact the refinery serves a military facility also makes it suspicious.
— DRJ
Didn’t that pakistani group predict a serious of attacks.
Unlike that idiot on msnbc, i don’t hope any particular group is responsible, except maybe negligent workers.
Regardless of the motive, here’s something you can do that is positive. give the finger to a terrorist today.
http://everyonedrawmohammed.blogspot.com/
A.W. (e7d72e) — 5/5/2010 @ 1:42 pmDang typo fairy attacked me again…
i meant my first line to be:
“Didn’t that pakistani group predict a SERIES of attacks?”
i am sure that if they find out its a car bomb, Napolitano will run out and declar that it is not terrorism. Sigh. We are in the very best hands.
A.W. (e7d72e) — 5/5/2010 @ 1:48 pmWell, a series of attacks would be serious, would it not?
AD - RtR/OS! (5b0773) — 5/5/2010 @ 2:53 pmSo, you’re good.
Dang, maybe some other people out there are showing they don’t like ObamaCare like Mayor Bloomberg said they did in New York.
daleyrocks (1d0d98) — 5/5/2010 @ 3:37 pmI suggest we shut down all land based fuel depots and halt all fuel trucks until we can guarantee with 100% certainty that no accidents involving them can occur.
The Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, the Department of Inflicting Economic Delay and Congress (oops, I repeat myself) should commence hearings immediately to assure maximum economic impact before devising new federal regulations to restrict the use and transportation of fossil fuels.
in_awe (44fed5) — 5/5/2010 @ 3:40 pm