Atlas Foundry Explosion - Tacoma, WA

This video was taken by a bystander...cripes! NSFW for a very deserved "HOLY SH*T!"

Information:
October 6th, 2007
By Tricia Duryee and Benjamin J. Romano

Seattle Times staff reporters

An explosion at a foundry in Tacoma was burning for several hours while firefighters were working to cool additional tanks to keep them from blowing up.

The blast occurred at the Atlas Foundry at 3 p.m., and firefighters arrived shortly after to find that a tanker truck that was delivering propane had exploded. A propane tank on-site then caught fire, according to Dan Crotty, assistant fire chief at the Tacoma Fire Department.

According to The Associated Press, the driver of the truck was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where spokeswoman Susan Gregg-Hanson said he was in critical condition tonight.

Three others, all Atlas employees, were taken to St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma. A nursing supervisor said one suffered facial burns and was in stable condition, while the other two suffered leg and knee injuries and would likely be discharged tonight.

Witnesses miles away felt the explosions and said they saw flames shoot up as high as 1,000 feet in the air. A Tacoma Police officer, who happened to be nearby, said "it looked like the atom bomb, like the mushroom cloud."
10509says...

i am a welder for atlas, i can asure you that everyone was scared, it took us a couple days to go back to work and for the first couple of weeks, everyone was on edge. checking everything 3-4 times even. i'm glad none of our guys were seriously hurt but it was unforgiving for the driver. i'm the only female on welders side, but atleast i wasn't screaming like a girl, lol. we are all moe serious about our safety, it just sux that this had to happen.

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