Reports Of An Explosion At The Marathon Detroit Refinery

[Bosonic]

Source: WWJ

DETROIT (WWJ) – BREAKING – WWJ listeners report that there has been an explosion at the Marathon Detroit Refinery.

Reports of the explosion came in from several listeners to WWJ Newsradio 950 and it appears that one of the tankers on the site may have exploded.

Marathon Detroit Refinery told WWJ that they were trying to get the situation under control but could not comment further.

The refinery is on the borderline of Melvindale – the fire department there said they have not been asked to respond as the explosion took place within the refinery. A HazMat team has been dispatched from the Detroit Fire Department and is on the scene.

Read more: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/04/27/reports-of-an-explosion-at-the-marathon-detroit-refinery/

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[love_katz]

1. Yeah, let's just de-regulate everything.

Great idea.

I realize we don't know what is going on here, yet. But I wouldn't be surprised if it was more of that don't-interfere-with-bidness Republican deregulation.

I very much hope that no one was hurt.

[wordpix]

18. and cut more $ for OSHA so they can inspect once every 50 years instead of 25

[KoKo]

2. Doesn't look good....but awaiting UPDATES..

[kestrel91316]

3. This obviously happened because there are TOO MANY safety regulations

being imposed on the poor widdle oil companies.

The solution is complete deregulation. And give them moar gunz while we're at it.

[SpartanDem]

4. Fire at Marathon refinery in Detroit; Partial evacuation of Melvindale residents

Detroit firefighters say diesel fuel in a tanker at the Marathon Refinery on Fort street is on fire. Smoke can be seen for miles around and air quality concerns have forced officials to evacuated residents near the fire.
Firefighters have two trucks at the scene streaming water and two trucks streaming foam.
Hazmat is also on the scene.

The City of Melvindale is ordering a partial evacuation of the city due to the refinery fire. They are concerned about air quality from the fire.
The city is asking all residents between Wall Street and I-75 to leave their homes. Residents can head to the Melvindale Ice Arena for further instructions from Police. Police are currently going door to door to get residents out.
Witnesses tell 7 Action News they felt the explosions from two blocks away.

Michigan State Police have closed ramps from I-75 to Schaefer in both directions.


Read more: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/detroit/smoke-pouring-from-marathon-refinery#ixzz2Ri9iLn86


map of the area: http://goo.gl/maps/hQNCI

[galileoreloaded]

5. diesel doesnt just go boom

[bluedigger]

6. This will be a good excuse to raise gas prices for the summer driving season.

[AtheistCrusader]

11. It's an observation. One with historical precedent.

[bluedigger]

14. "no injuries have been reported"

People die from high gas prices, too. Thank you for your concern and welcome to DU.

[Bosonic]

8. Police Give ‘All Clear’ After Mandatory Evacuation Due To Explosion At Marathon Refinery

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - 8:37 P.M. Police in Melvindale are giving residents the ‘all clear’ to return to their homes after a mandatory evacuation order was issued due to an explosion at a near-by oil refinery.

A spokesman for Marathon Petroleum says no injuries have been reported after a fire broke out at a refinery in Detroit.

Shane Pochard tells The Associated Press the fire occurred Saturday evening in one of the small tanks at the Marathon Petroleum refinery. He says the fire has been put out. Pochard says there are no reports of any injuries to employees or contractors.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/04/27/reports-of-an-explosion-at-the-marathon-detroit-refinery/

[hog]

9. mrhog

This is why the Canadians don't want to refine their tar sands oil in Canada.

[SheilaT]

10. And no Detroit stations seem to be airing coverage of this.

Since I don't have a TV, whenever there's some kind of breaking news I count on local stations to go to live streaming coverage. Maybe this really is relatively trivial. Maybe Saturday evening is usually slow enough that none of the stations have the staff to do this.

But slightly odd, I think.

[1gobluedem]

13. Fire is out, according to the Free Press

No injuries, it was quickly contained.

[MrScorpio]

16. We lost a baseball?!? nt

[Thor_MN]

17. I imagine this will be felt at the pumps?

All of the oil companies will need multiple, multiple billions of dollars to repair the damage to the one tanker owned by one company...