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Sunday, April 19, 2015

SPECTACULAR EXPLOSION WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES TANKER CARRYING FRACKING WASTEWATER, a flammable chemical brew

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 Fire melts the cab of a truck as the blaze continues at a waste water storage area on Friday, April 17, 2015 near the Greeley-Weld Airport
  • Tanker carrying fracking wastewater struck by lightning in Greeley, Colorado, about 1pm Friday
  • Fracking water contains traces of gas and petroleum, causing the tanker to explode
  • Other trucks also exploded as a result of fires at the facility, owned by NGL Energy Partners
  • Firefighters had to wait for the fires to subside before entering, because they were ignited by oil
  • There were no injuries, but the facility appears destroyed
  • The site is used to pump fracking wastewater into the ground
  • Storms swept from the Upper Midwest to the Southeast on Friday and Saturday
  • North Texas was placed on a severe thunderstorm warning Saturday night, particularly Fort Worth and Dallas 
  • The Academy of Country Music’s Party for a Cause festival at Globe Life Park, Arlington, threatened
  • Houston suffered serious floods Friday night as rivers and bayous overflowed from the rain 

  • See more images of this disaster and of severe weather in the US


    Launched: An oil and gas wastewater tank soars through the air after an explosion at the NGL Energy Partners facility Friday

    Boom: A tanker carrying fracking wastewater - which contains traces of gas and petroleum - exploding at a facility in Greeley, Colorado, on Friday, after being struck by lightning in a storm. No one was injured, but the facility has likely been destroyed

    Plume: Smoke rises as a fire spreads at a waste water storage area on Friday near the Greeley-Weld Airport outside of Greeley

    SEVERE WEATHER ELSEWHERE:

    Under threat: The Academy of Country Music’s Party for a Cause festival at Globe Life Park in Arlington was threatened by the severe thunderstorm warning Saturday night. The festival was delayed and revelers told to move inside and take cover 
    Under threat: The Academy of Country Music’s Party for a Cause festival at Globe Life Park in Arlington was threatened by the severe thunderstorm warning Saturday night. The festival was delayed and revelers told to move inside and take cover 


    Everyone, inside: The city of Arlington activated its outdoor warning sirens due to the high winds and the potential for hail Saturday, forcing festival goers at the Academy of Country Music's 'Party for a Cause' to move into hallways inside

    Everyone, inside: The city of Arlington activated its outdoor warning sirens due to the high winds and the potential for hail Saturday, forcing festival goers at the Academy of Country Music's 'Party for a Cause' to move into hallways inside

    Severe weather: Intense rains came down hard and fast in Houston, Texas on Friday night, leading to flash flooding in the area
    Intense rains came down hard and fast in Houston, Texas on Friday night, leading to flash flooding in the area

    Underwater: Houston was hit with rainfall rates of 2-3 inches an hour, according to Weather Channel forecaster Michael Palmer
    Underwater: Houston was hit with rainfall rates of 2-3 inches an hour, according to Weather Channel forecaster Michael Palmer
     
    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3045226/Fracking-tanker-launched-air-struck-lightning-setting-array-explosions-oil-fires-wastewater-facility.html

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    1 comment:

    1. Those explosion proof lights are specially designed to resist the influence of explosive and flammable gasses.

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