Explosion at Bayer Plant, Shelter in Place Issued

Explosion at Bayer Plant, Shelter in Place Issued

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INSTITUTE, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- 911 dispatchers in Kanawha County are reporting that there has been an explosion at the Bayer Cropscience Plant in Institute.

Reports indicate that fire is shooting into the air from the plant.

911 dispatchers say people should stay in their homes and stay clear of the area.

Route 25 is shut down at this time.

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I am in Charleston. There is no shelter in place warning here as yet but there is in the area west and south of here.

One person has been injured and one is unaccounted for. Witnesses said they saw a huge fireball rise over the Bayer Crop Science plant, Another in Dunbar said houses and other buildings were shaken violently.

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[edit on 28-8-2008 by Lilitu]

Terrorist Attack.

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Odd how this explosion occurs right after Bayer is under investigation for knowingly using pesticides that they knew could and did destroy vast bee populations.

Why would terrorists attack a crop science plant?
Its obviously just an accident lots of them happen.

hey guess what? this is west virginias new industry. the economy is changing and many many mothers and fathers work there. including my dad. lets remember that these are real people with real families. real feelings and real emotions. its a dangerous line of work these men and women do to ensure we have food on our tables.

It was no terrorist attack and the shelter in place alert was lifted sometime around two-ish in the AM. There is one confirmed injured and one confirmed dead, both of them plant workers. There is an unconfirmed report of another injured plant worker.

The explosion sent out a pretty beefy shock wave felt as far away as E. Charleston. I was driving at the time and thought another driver had collided with me for a moment but there were no other vehicles close enough to have hit me. I had the radio on pretty loud so I heard no explosion.