There seems to be some type of explosion/fire at a chemical facility on Hwy 321 in Hudson. Extensive mutual aid from Caldwell and Catawba Counties is on-scene or en-route as well as RRT-6, decon unit, and a Battalion Chief from Asheville.
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Large Chemical Fire Forces Evacuations In Caldwell County - News Story - WSOC Charlotte
Large Chemical Fire Forces Evacuations In Caldwell County
Posted: 4:20 pm EDT May 28, 2011
Updated: 5:23 pm EDT May 28, 2011
CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. -- A large fire and explosion at Chemical Coatings in Caldwell County has shut down NC Highway 321 and forced evacuations of homes and businesses in a two-mile radius of the facility.
North Carolina Department of Transportation officials said the area would be isolated while crews tend to the fire and chemicals at the plant until late Sunday afternoon.
Officials have not identified the chemicals as hazardous at this point.
Alan Toney, CCI's Market and Product Manager declined to comment in an email. "No comment at this time. Management will issue a statement when appropriate," he wrote.
Catawba County is dispatching six firetrucks and an ambulance. Wilkes and Alexander counties are also responding to the fire. Officials said the staging area for crews working the fire is at the Caldwell County Fair Grounds.
Police have closed Highway 321 from Pine Mountain Road south to Mission Road. Traffic is being directed to 321-A as an alternate route around the area.
Witness said they could see a large plume of smoke for miles.
Large Chemical Fire Forces Evacuations In Caldwell County
Posted: 4:20 pm EDT May 28, 2011
Updated: 5:23 pm EDT May 28, 2011
CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. -- A large fire and explosion at Chemical Coatings in Caldwell County has shut down NC Highway 321 and forced evacuations of homes and businesses in a two-mile radius of the facility.
North Carolina Department of Transportation officials said the area would be isolated while crews tend to the fire and chemicals at the plant until late Sunday afternoon.
Officials have not identified the chemicals as hazardous at this point.
Alan Toney, CCI's Market and Product Manager declined to comment in an email. "No comment at this time. Management will issue a statement when appropriate," he wrote.
Catawba County is dispatching six firetrucks and an ambulance. Wilkes and Alexander counties are also responding to the fire. Officials said the staging area for crews working the fire is at the Caldwell County Fair Grounds.
Police have closed Highway 321 from Pine Mountain Road south to Mission Road. Traffic is being directed to 321-A as an alternate route around the area.
Witness said they could see a large plume of smoke for miles.
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Our SMAT team responded for rehab operations. From our limited area it appeared that VHF State Fire was the Command net. No VIPER events channels in use, I worked with a Caldwell EMS supervisor who was using a TG labeled "Caldwell OPS" in one of his walkies. Everyone was carrying two walkies--VHF and 800. We used our EMS OPS TG for internal communications.
As we were trying to our staging area the trailer lost a stabilizer rod, and I tried to call the front of our caravan...got bonked about four times. For the next half hour you would have to try at least three times to transmit before you could get a talk permit tone.
Grabbed phone and shot one pic as we were approaching our AOA
As we were trying to our staging area the trailer lost a stabilizer rod, and I tried to call the front of our caravan...got bonked about four times. For the next half hour you would have to try at least three times to transmit before you could get a talk permit tone.
Grabbed phone and shot one pic as we were approaching our AOA
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