Highest alert level in southwest Netherlands

Here I have translated the storage info (Opslag) of that website

Storage

For the benefit of the liquid department Chemie-Pack an indoor tankparc with 10 tanks of 23.500 liter. The tanks can be heated.

Because the tanks are stored in groups, storage is possible non-hazardous, flammable and toxic substances as possible of corrosive substances.
Storage of your packaging is also possible. In the storage we like to store it for you.

Naturally, the bulk and finished products are stored in a 15 PGS warehouse

What is 15 pgs? You can see it here.
Then you might ask what are r-sentences substances?
Here is the list

Still believing it ain't toxic?
I have my own vision in this. STAY CLEAR.

Well, I lived all my life in Enschede - Yeah we got the firework accident...- and I'm hoping this smoke won't come near my town. They say that it's allready raining in Moerdijk and that the rain will follow the smoke. So what does that mean for the chemicals? Will they be all over the grounds and in our water? Or is it a good thing that rain will clear the smoke? I don't know....

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dude get out of there...drive to another location...do you have any family near by you could stay with temporarily?

Apparently , the K13-004 is used to treat atherosclerosis :

www.reference.md...

Still can't find an MSDS or toxicity report . Strange .

More Hi-Res pictures: GS GigaPica - Inferno in Moorduck

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they simpy made that up they say its burned off so its not toxic anymore
which is a flat out lie ,so no surprise there really
but it seems the fire is getting worse and possibly has spread to an oil storage
it can burn for a weak or more according to a professor
but im sur we wuill all survive, will we?

There's only one thing more toxic than that fireball and that's the toxic lies that come out of the News Room. Get well away from it!

Originally posted by BarmyBilly
Oh man, not good.

Lets hope you are all ok in Holland!

I'll second that! Do they have any idea how it started?

Apparently they are placing a foam blanket on the fires that started this afternoon.

Unfortunately another warehouse exploded and the fire became worse again.

That's all I see so far.( in the news here )

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This sucks big time ...
i got the ROSE - EDIS site bookmarked which is the world emergancy notification website and this fire is on it ...

hisz.rsoe.hu...

on there are usually updates at least once a day , but if the situation warrents it its update more often ... so ill add to the updates if your busy or what not .....

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Thanks Alysha

I would like to think this is a pretty big accident.

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apparently it is .... something i need to keep a close eye on ...

That's pretty hectic.

I hope your safe,though.Hopefully someones gona pay for this.

Okay,so the government knows there are chemicals being stored there yet they still lie and tell people it's not harmfull.That's pathetic.Smoke inhalation is harmfull wether its toxic or not.

Anyz,what chemicals are being stored there and what possible effects might they have on people?

Not sure if anyone has posted anything about it but I'd really like to know.

Originally posted by SlovenlyGhost
Okay,so the government knows there are chemicals being stored there yet they still lie and tell people it's not harmfull.That's pathetic.Smoke inhalation is harmfull wether its toxic or not.

Anyz,what chemicals are being stored there and what possible effects might they have on people?

Not sure if anyone has posted anything about it but I'd really like to know.

edit on 11/09/2010 by SlovenlyGhost because: (no reason given)

www.economypoint.org...

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Thanks Djonko

And those are all chemicals that are being stored there?

Well I just checked out a few of them and it's obvious most of them are toxic for humans.

•R 20 injurious to health with the inhalation.
•R 21 injurious to health during contact with the skin.
•R 22 injurious to health when swallowing.
•R 23 poisonous with the inhalation.
•R 24 poisonous during contact with the skin.
•R 25 poisonous when swallowing.
•R 26 very malicious with the inhalation.
•R 27 very malicious during contact with the skin.
•R 28 very malicious when swallowing.
•R 29 develops poisonous gases during contact with water.
•R 30 can become easily inflammatory with use.
•R 31 develops poisonous gases during contact with acid.
•R 32 develops very poisonous gases during contact with acid.

that's just a few of them.

The rest of the MSM is finally starting to report this as here are links to CNN and BBC articles on it.

CNN:
www.cnn.com...

BBC:
www.bbc.co.uk...

Good Luck, and please....only listen to your own instincts, and not the conflicting reports going back and forth from your own government and media.

reply to post by Sinter Klaas

There are some strange colors in those flames, the smoke is crazy black as well. If you don't have access to a respirator you should cover your nose and mouth with damp t-shirt to help filter the air.

Eh, it's bad, but not that bad.
It's contained to a factory.
There's been numerous factory fires involving chemicals here in Australia in recent years.
It's really not that big of a deal. You stay in doors and don't breath in the toxic black smoke.
There was even one less then 30 minutes from where I live. I didn't see a need to inform ATS about it, and I could actually smell the chemicals burning.

Originally posted by Sinter Klaas
Just read the latest news. According to the Moerdijk major the smoke is not a health risk. Local residents are no longer asked to stay inside.

I will try and verify this....

I do not know how the government is in your part of the world, but in the USA our government told us the air was safe to breathe after the Trade Towers fell and they lied. The air quality was horrible and many people are now sick and/or dying as a results.

If it was me, I would be leaving and going as far down wind as possible and putting as much distance between me and the smoke as possible. If the wind direction changes, I will then have time to move again if need be. Until I knew what was being released into the air, I would prefer to air on the side of caution.