OT: Huge Fire at Industrial Park in Hillsborough
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And I bet you and your friends found the hole in the fence just like me and my pals so you could go exploring didn't ya. :chairshot:
We didn't have to find holes in fences.
Hercules was right through the woods across from my house. Maybe half a mile as the crow flies. It made the massive explosions and fires that much more fun, when they would happen about once every 10 years.
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I used to swim in Lake duhernal as a kid.
I used to swim in Lake duhernal as a kid. Would love to know what was in that water. Actually I don't want to know so I can sleep at night.
The smoke filled the sky at RU. On Livingston it covered the south first and then around 6 the northern part of the sky was black smoke. Crazy
That is just silly. Some smoke may be worse than others depending on what is burning. But in a massive warehouse fire like this, it is irresponsible to put out information suggesting the smoke is non-toxic. It is not.
This guy, a doctor no less, should be fired for this: "According to Hillsborough Township Health Officer Dr. Glen Belnay the smoke is believed to be nontoxic."
News 12 now back live again after looping the past couple of hours
still reports of explosions being heard
still reports of explosions being heard
When I was growing up in Highland Park in the 60's, we used to play near the river in Donaldson Park all the time. The Raritan ran a deep red color, thanks to all the dumping upstream. Between that and the mosquito trucks, its amazing we are still here to talk about it.
You're right down the road from me - we're next to the Hyatt House. I meet up with a couple of other RU folks at Willie McBride's or the Stoney Brook Grille occasionally for Happy Hour to talk RU football. You should join us!
All 700 voting machines used for Somerset County that were stored there were all.destroyed.
Schools are also closed. No fire/police/emt support. Plus air quality around Sunnymead School must not be too great. I've counted 6 helicopters flying over the area. Black smoke still bellowing the sky.
Schools are also closed. No fire/police/emt support. Plus air quality around Sunnymead School must not be too great. I've counted 6 helicopters flying over the area. Black smoke still bellowing the sky.
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Don't think sprinklers would have helped. My mothers power was restored last night but smoke still streaming around her sky.
Sprinkler systems are designed specifically for the construction and intended use of the building. This includes assumptions on how high certain materials are stored and the overall arrangement of a warehouse. Facility/Warehouse managers should abide by whatever those rules are for their particular location, but often times they don't, which basically renders sprinklers close to useless in some fires.
Aside from that, some shit just burns hotter and faster than other stuff.
Insurance nerd here -- can you tell?
"Bob Considine with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection confirmed Friday morning that there's no air quality issues resulting from the fire."
Why do these guys lie like this? Are they stupid or something? btw it is still burning and the giant column of toxic smoke is still there.
http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2016/02/hillsborough_schools_closed_after_massive_warehous.html
Why do these guys lie like this? Are they stupid or something? btw it is still burning and the giant column of toxic smoke is still there.
http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2016/02/hillsborough_schools_closed_after_massive_warehous.html
my brother just texted me they said they detected "something" in the air but didn't say what it was
Nothing was more fun than running behind a mosquito truck.
Hadn't been following this, but what is the name/names of the businesses involved in the fire? By law, these businesses must have on file a Material Data Safety Sheet for any and all components stored on site, no? How is it so hard to identify this?
I read that the Hillsborough Fire Dept had repeatedly raised the risks of old/insufficient sprinkler systems and water supply to these warehouses.
Why are you assuming that they are lying? The DEP is monitoring the smoke and says they have not detected any toxins in the smoke.
For all hazardous materials. If it's non-hazardous you don't need an SDS. Also non-hazardous in it's normal state does not mean it doesn't produce a hazardous combustion product.
Yes. Sure. So? No indication from any public/private source as to what hazardous and/or non-hazardous components are stored/used at this facility? No business name/s? Why the mystery?
I know they are lying. Some smoke might be worse than others, depending on whats burning, but to say the smoke is non-toxic is not true. This was an old warehouse, tar roofs, wood and plastic inside, and who know what was stored in there, you really think the smoke from that burning was non-toxic? Trust me, you don't want to be breathing it if you don't have to. The smoke is not non-toxic.
Actually, the voting machines are okay, as of now. They are in an adjacent building that hasn't caught fire yet. The county is trying to get them out in case that building goes up as well.
It all depends on your definition of toxic. In the strict sense of the word it may not be toxic - do you want be breathing it (or any smoke for that matter) probably not.
No need to get snippy. Just pointing out that you don't need an SDS for everything as you stated.
"Snippy." Hadn't heard that in a while. Flashback to my Aunt Rose circa 1966. Seriously, no ill intent with my comment. Just curious as to why the obvious hasn't been shared, unless I missed it, which really was the reason I asked.
