AFP: Officials “waiting for combustible materials to burn out” after Japan explosions — Fire not extinguished — May take days to determine cause
Title: 1 dead, 15 injured in chemical plant blasts in Yamaguchi
Source: AFP
Date: Apr. 22, 2012
[...] “The fire is not extinguished yet as the fire department is cooling the plant while waiting for combustible materials to burn out,” he [an official at Yamaguchi prefectural police?] told AFP.
“It may take more than a few days for us to find out the cause of the accident, but we are investigating it as a case of professional negligence resulting in death and injury,” he said. [...]
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professional negligence resulting in death and injury
nice term …
wonder how ritual-loving japanese people are able to practise professional negligence. its better to act inside a plant like doing a very big tea ceremony.
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Sure, just let it burn out like you do with reactors.
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We are worried about all the chemical toxins into the air we breathe from this.
What about all the chemical toxins from the firefighting run off into our ocean? Again….
We as humans, in general, suck.
No debt to Mother Earth goes unpaid.
We will pay, in the end.
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