COMPTON — Firefighters today knocked down a fire triggered by the explosion of a tank filled with antifreeze at a hazardous-waste recycling company in Compton, authorities said.
No one was injured.
Forty firefighters sent to the DeMenno-Kerdoon plant at 541 E. Pine St. at 11:58 p.m. yesterday extinguished the flames in about an hour, according to the Compton Fire Department.
The cause of the explosion was under investigation. A damage estimate was not immediately available.
Deputies had prepared to evacuate nearby residences in case hazardous chemicals were released into the air, but no evacuation was deemed necessary, said Sgt. Robert Westphal of the sheriff's Compton Station.
According to the California Environmental Protection Agency, DeMenno- Kerdoon is a hazardous-waste recycling facility that treats, stores and transfers used oil, oil/water mixtures and used antifreeze received from refineries, manufacturers and other sources.
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No one was injured.
Forty firefighters sent to the DeMenno-Kerdoon plant at 541 E. Pine St. at 11:58 p.m. yesterday extinguished the flames in about an hour, according to the Compton Fire Department.
The cause of the explosion was under investigation. A damage estimate was not immediately available.
Deputies had prepared to evacuate nearby residences in case hazardous chemicals were released into the air, but no evacuation was deemed necessary, said Sgt. Robert Westphal of the sheriff's Compton Station.
According to the California Environmental Protection Agency, DeMenno- Kerdoon is a hazardous-waste recycling facility that treats, stores and transfers used oil, oil/water mixtures and used antifreeze received from refineries, manufacturers and other sources.
Or is this a case of inaccurate journalism?
