Tacoma explosions
Around 3 o’clock yesterday, the Atlas Foundry had up to three explosions shutting off the i-5 interstate and highway 16 east-bound and cutting off the power for some residents. The Foundry is located at 3021 south Wilkeson in Tacoma. This explosion was heard from miles away and some people a little less then a mile away said they could feel the heat in their homes and cars. Some windows close by were shattered. 4 people were taken to the hospital, three employees and the driver of a propane truck next to the historic building. The driver of the truck was hurt most and air lifted to Harborview. The other 3 had non life threatening injuries Throughout the night fire fighters fought to keep down the flames and the risk of the other 2 propane tanks.
The accident started when a tanker truck was off-loading fuel. Police officer Jeff Merill said that the tanker may have leaked and sparks from nearby from nearby welding ignited the flames. Merill said the explosion was so intense that part of the tanker landed on SR 16. The flames reached 2 stories high and the big explosion was 1,000 feet up in the air. Some people call it a mushroom of fire. There is now an area of about 5 miles from the Foundry that is off limits and also a 10,000 feet no fly zone there. The Sea-Tac spokes person said no flights will be affected by these explosions. Some people caught this on tape and I have a news clip from this story as well.
Crappy awesome video with cursing.
This was scary because I was actually in Tacoma when this happened, NO JOKE. I was scared half out of my skin. I wish I took a video myself but stupid me forgot the camera. You might be wondering what I was doing there. I was at a friends birthday party. She says that that was a terrible present. She is okay though. We could feel the ground shake in the apartment and see the explosion. Like those people said, it was a mushroom of fire as you can see from those videos and others I did not post. That was some crazy shit to look at.
