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re: Big fire/explosion in Tangipahoa Parish
Posted on 8/23/25 at 11:48 am to fightin tigers
Posted on 8/23/25 at 11:48 am to fightin tigers
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Heating the oil to it boiling point and then letting it go into the air.
Also Incomplete combustion from an oil fire means that black smoke is oil.
OK, that makes sense.
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Posted on 8/23/25 at 12:50 pm to cdaniel76
From cdaniel's pic it looks like the railroad tracks running along HWY 51 are closed, too?
If so, that would affect Illinois Central/CN freight and Amtrak to Chicago.
What a CF.
If so, that would affect Illinois Central/CN freight and Amtrak to Chicago.
What a CF.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 1:03 pm to cdaniel76
quote:frick those communist EPA mother frickerS
EPA violations every quarter for the past 12 STRAIGHT QUARTERS.
This post was edited on 8/23/25 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 8/23/25 at 1:16 pm to White Bear
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frick those communist EPA mother frickerS
To be technical, LA DEQ has delegated authority here.
Thus the $250,000 settlement they paid the State last year.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 1:18 pm to DeCat ODahouse
quote:
looks like the railroad tracks running along HWY 51 are closed, too?
I saw a news report yesterday that was taken from an angle that showed a train rolling by as the fire was blazing. I don't think they closed the tracks. Just the roadways.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 1:19 pm to DeCat ODahouse
They already announced this morning the Amtrak routes are closed at this time. I’ve been wondering all morning how many people actually take the Amtrak these days.
But yes, this is a huge clusterfrick of epic proportions for the company. QuikWay at 1077/I12 fuels what seems like 10 million FedEx trucks each morning five days a week alone. I’m sure they will import fuel for quite a while just to keep the high profit margin food service going.
But yes, this is a huge clusterfrick of epic proportions for the company. QuikWay at 1077/I12 fuels what seems like 10 million FedEx trucks each morning five days a week alone. I’m sure they will import fuel for quite a while just to keep the high profit margin food service going.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 1:22 pm to fightin tigers
quote:
Also Incomplete combustion from an oil fire means that black smoke is oil.
I wouldn’t call soot and char still oil.
So if there is a dark smoke wood fire that darkness is oil?
Posted on 8/23/25 at 1:44 pm to Volvagia
I think the sheen from some of those pics indicate oily waste and not just simple ash and soot.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 1:53 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
I agree. The fire probably burned well over the boiling point. I didn’t say there wasn’t oily residue.
I was pointing out it that “incomplete combustion” doesn’t mean oil in the smoke. The oil in the smoke is for different reasons.
I was pointing out it that “incomplete combustion” doesn’t mean oil in the smoke. The oil in the smoke is for different reasons.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 2:15 pm to Volvagia
quote:what difference does it make?
The oil in the smoke is for different reasons.
i spoke to a friend who spent most of the day today washing oil off of his cows
Posted on 8/23/25 at 2:17 pm to cgrand
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Huggins said there is some “product” that has made it into the Tangipahoa River, and that contractors with booms have been called in to contain that product. Huggins said officials do not yet know what has gotten into the river.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 3:03 pm to AmosMosesAndTwins
quote:
I read it was a warehouse.
Doesn’t look like it from that picture.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 3:04 pm to cgrand
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i spoke to a friend who spent most of the day today washing oil off of his cows
The sort of thing you don’t think about.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 3:10 pm to Penrod
no doubt LOL
he said he filled a pressure washer with dawn soap and hosed them down. Also said his hay field and troughs were all covered. Big mess
he said he filled a pressure washer with dawn soap and hosed them down. Also said his hay field and troughs were all covered. Big mess
Posted on 8/23/25 at 3:22 pm to Volvagia
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So if there is a dark smoke wood fire that darkness is oil?
Its a hydrocarbon no doubt.
Edited, that would just be carbon.
This post was edited on 8/23/25 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 8/23/25 at 3:31 pm to fightin tigers
Posted on 8/23/25 at 4:11 pm to cgrand
Probably would have been a good idea to not have all those tanks so close to each other.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 4:24 pm to BHM
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Looks like the retaining walls have kept most of the oil within the tank battery area and most is burning off. No expert but I dont think site clean up will be that bad.
The problem is incomplete combustion from lack of oxygen and possibly low temps at the combustion point. This isn't like a gas flare, and the chemicals released from this type of fire can actually be "worse" than the chemicals that are burning.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 5:35 pm to Obtuse1
Have they figured out an ignition source yet?
If it was raining yesterday, any chance this started with a lightning strike?
If it was raining yesterday, any chance this started with a lightning strike?
Posted on 8/23/25 at 5:42 pm to cgrand
Nearly all of those dozens of white storage tanks clustered together are gone, holy shite.
This might be a stupid question, but I've never been part of this industry - are there pressure relief valves on those tanks? I know they were mostly storing non-explosive oils and lubricants, but any sealed tank with that much heat surrounding it is going to go BOOM eventually. Is that what happened here, or did they just melt from the intense heat?
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