b0st0n: HUGE Explosion??

Ladyhawke_wings (

ladyhawke_wings) wrote in

b0st0n,
@ 2006-11-22 02:32:00

HUGE Explosion??
Anyone else rocked by that explosion about 10 minutes ago??

I'm in Danvers - thought my windows were going to break, it was so severe! I've counted a good 18 emergency vehicles go by the major roadway visible from my window (Water St) and can see huge flames.....but nothing on the news, boston.com, mbta.com, cnn, or any of the local channels. Red Cross was unaware, too.

Anyone know what the hell is going on?

x-posted to

northshore

EDIT: Seems the fire is at the Propane factory on Water St (Rt. 35 - corner of Bates and River)- near the Bakery and and the Pizza Factory, both completely destroyed.. My ex is a Ham - just called saying he could see the flames from his place in Peabody! A whole neighborhood evac'd.

From WBZ: http://www.wbz1030.com/pages/129514.php?contentType=4&contentId=245495

Google Maps location: http://tinyurl.com/y86lr9

EDIT: As another pointed out below, in the end it turned out that an ink factory was what blew up - not the propane facility initially thought. The destruction was phenomenal - but still, no major injuries, thank goodness!

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	jrc520 2006-11-22 08:41 am UTC (link)
	In woburn - I may have heard it - Heard something like a boom. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	donrufie 2006-11-22 02:26 pm UTC (link)
	damn, you could hear it? i didn't hear it (but I was sound asleep too :P) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jrc520 2006-11-22 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	Yup. I thought my kid neighbor was playing with gasoline again. Ended up driving up to see it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	jrc520 2006-11-22 08:43 am UTC (link)
	Boston.com now has the story. (Reply to this)

	jaywalk 2006-11-22 08:51 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I'm on North St. (In Salem) I thought something hit the roof of my place. Oh well, no sleeping now. AM 1030 has some radio coverage of it on the scene. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ladyhawke_wings 2006-11-22 09:17 am UTC (link)
	Thanks! Seems it's the only live coverage available right now! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bostondave 2006-11-22 08:59 am UTC (link)
	YES!! I have a great view of the explosion which is slowly dying down now. What was it??? Was it a plane or gas tank??? Hmmm I am uploading a video on youtube and photos now... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	genesayssitdown 2006-11-22 09:03 am UTC (link)
	well?? LET US SEE THEM (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bostondave 2006-11-22 09:19 am UTC (link)
	youtube is mega slow at the moment....I'll have to post links later but I did upload the one good photo I had. urrh (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Yeah we heard it too. alan_norbauer 2006-11-22 09:03 am UTC (link)
	We have photos from our roof here: http://notrocketsurgery.com/articles/2006/11/22/explosions-in-danvers-ma (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bostondave 2006-11-22 09:10 am UTC (link)
	This is the best of my photos (Reply to this)

	ladyhawke_wings 2006-11-22 09:12 am UTC (link)
	Seems a propane gas place on Water St(near the bowling alley) exploded and a bunch of houses are on fire. It's just...oh, around the corner from my house! Gak! Just saw about 5 ambulances leave across the Water St Bridge with full lights & siren plus an escort, so I'm assuming some injuries of a type. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	bostondave 2006-11-22 09:16 am UTC (link)
	WOah... I hope no one is hurt... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladyhawke_wings 2006-11-22 09:29 am UTC (link)
	Seems several people had glass injuries, but the whole neighborhood has been evac'd. I can smell the smoke, but no fire over by the Diner yet (where I am), but maybe I'll get dressed...just in case. Heh. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bostondave 2006-11-22 09:47 am UTC (link)
	Damn. It was just on channel 7. Scary!!! I hope no one died but it hard to believe no one did. Hmm Scary... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bostondave 2006-11-22 10:12 am UTC (link)
	Here's what I saw (Reply to this)(Thread)

	shysexkitten 2006-11-22 11:57 am UTC (link)
	whoa... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bostondave 2006-11-22 12:37 pm UTC (link)
	Yea tell me about it... Nothing like getting shaken out bed by an explosion at 3am and then seeing a fireball out the window... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ron_newman 2006-11-22 12:27 pm UTC (link)
	http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2006/11/explosion_rocks.html (Reply to this)

	ron_newman 2006-11-22 12:30 pm UTC (link)
	also http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=168549 (Reply to this)

thespian
2006-11-22 12:33 pm UTC (link)

wtf? ok, at 2:56 at my time, I suddenly felt a rumble, in *cambridge* (I just looked it up; I'm 21.9 miles from there, so the same as the officer quoted in that article). It wasn't strong, but it was unusual, and I glanced over at the clock thinking maybe I'd knit too long and the T was starting up. I'm just off Mass Ave., between Central and Harvard, and during the day I can feel the subway going by from time to time. It felt rather like that, and until coming upstairs and reading this, I figured they were just doing some late night track maintenance or something.

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	ttelracs 2006-11-22 12:55 pm UTC (link)
	Channel 5 this morning is reporting that people as far as Maine felt it... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hey_thmooley 2006-11-23 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	Love your icon. (Reply to this)(Parent)

ink factory

ron_newman
2006-11-22 12:53 pm UTC (link)

The Herald article says the fire was at a ink factory, not at the neighboring propane tank. I remember when an ink factory burned down in my neighborhood eight years ago. It destroyed three buildings and filled the entire area with smoke for many blocks around. I'd never seen so many cities' fire equipment in one place before.

Some photos of the Beacon Ink fire
a few other pages referring to that fire

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	sexyblueduck 2006-11-22 12:53 pm UTC (link)
	ownt. (Reply to this)

	perich 2006-11-22 01:51 pm UTC (link)
	Shit - good thing no one was killed (as far as we yet know). (Reply to this)(Thread)

	xiphias 2006-11-22 02:20 pm UTC (link)
	Ten injuries, all of whom walked out. None life-threatening. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kpht 2006-11-22 02:46 pm UTC (link)
	wow, i slept right through that shit. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	phatmike 2006-11-22 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	you would have automatically thought it was me falling over anyway. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kpht 2006-11-22 02:54 pm UTC (link)
	North Shore residents heading toward Boston should try and take the MBTA commuter rail, she recommended. Noo! I like to stretch out... (Reply to this)

	jenskot 2006-11-22 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	Well, add "PROPANE FACTORY" on the list of places I don't want to live near... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ron_newman 2006-11-22 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	The propane factory did not blow up. The original poster may want to update her post. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	grahams 2006-11-22 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	My ex is a Ham It took me a few reads before I realized that he wasn't making jokes about the explosion and instead was an amateur radio operator... :) (Reply to this)

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