NO, it's a Class B fire. I believe a dry powder would have been best. Perhaps, even zeolite. That is what they used in Fukashima. It is known for its tremendous ability to soak up toxins. Very inexpensive stuff.There are four types of fired.
Class A: Ordinary Combustibles - Wood, paper, plastic, cloth, rubber.
Best Extinguisher: Water: Such as water from a garden hose or tap. Dry Chemicals: ABC fire extinguishers usually contain dry chemicals. Other Methods: Fire blankets can deprive a small fire of oxygen
Class B: Flammable Liquids and Gases - Gasoline, most oils: including the oil you put in your car and your chainsaw car-bike chains, most oil-based paints, alcohol, hydrogen, butane, methane, and ethylene
Best Extinguisher: Water is not usually recommended for Class B fires as water can scatter the liquid fuel. Halon, Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher, and Foam.
Class C: Electrical Equipment - Clothes Dryers, Wiring and Cords, Space Heaters:
Best Extinguisher: Dry Chemical Extinguisher
Class D: Combustible Metals - sodium, lithium, magnesium
Best Extinguisher: Dry powder. Magnesium cannot be extinguished.
Class K: Cooking Fires involving Oils and Fats - Vegetable Oil, Cooking Grease
Best Extinguisher: Water Mist, Foam, Fire Suppression Blanket
I wrote previously about this asking the same question.
Seven days ago, I wrote:
I have been asking who approved the torching of the chemical spill in East Palestine? I also suspected that RINO OH Governor DeWine approved it. I didn't consider Pennsylvania because the disaster occurred in Ohio. Mike DeWine is a RINO.... and I believe Ohio is corrupt election-wise too. To trick the hoi polloi; the common people... even the 'lumpenproletariat' that DeWine was appointed to rule over is revealing. Dewine is a lawyer....Most lawyers are unskilled in the practical trades or in common reality. Shystering is a standard way of life for all too many attorneys. Political lawyers tend to put their finger up there asses before determining which way the wind is blowing. It's the degree of smell that determines decision making for lawyer politicians. In this case, burning the toxins was getting rid of evidence that might of involved a quick chemical response team that DeWine undoubtedly didn't have. Instead, he sat on his hands complaining the federal government isn't providing disaster funds. Time delayed is killing a growing number of people.
I posted 9-days ago:
"There is indeed a good probability that the waterways will be contaminated. I'm more concerned with the Butyl acrylate, Ethylhexyl acrylate, and Ethylene glycol monobutyl that spilled getting into the waterways. The long term effect of these chemicals getting into the water table is very troublesome. These 3 chemicals are liquids, which if not dealt with immediately and thoroughly, would get into the ground water and affect the water shed.
Consider the 6 train cars of vinyl chloride though. Vinyl chloride is a monomer and becomes a gas at only 8 degrees Fahrenheit. In addition, these cars were ignited which causes this chemical to disassociate into H2, Cl, and CO in the air. Hence, the black column of smoke rising into the sky. The H2 and Cl can easily form airborne hydrochloric acid and Phosphene (COCl2) is another gas that's created from burning chemicals like this. Depending on many factors, the HCL will precipitate in rain droplets making acid rain.
To me, the immediate danger lies in the fallout from this toxic cloud that people downwind will be exposed to. The contamination of the water shed will be a factor for years to come."
I am not a rocket scientist....And I don't have to be. Neither do you to predict what will happen.
"I can't believe there isn't a better solution than what is being provided here for a chemical accident like this. Is it wrong to suggest the emergency response here borderlines on ineptness? How about investing in minutemen 'crack' chemical spill teams instead of SWAT? Let's equip them with 'military' style armaments for neutralizing hazardous spills. Yes, there's a little 'play' on the wording here. From all the hazardous spills of late, it sounds like its time has come for every city to have a well developed minuteman chemical response teams.
There are chemical agents for neutralizing these toxins. I provide examples for the nitric acid spill. There are neutralizing agents for vinyl chloride too. Why is there no prepared response team for this? The EPA is politicized and inept, State governments are wrongly dependent on federal disaster funding. This is all aftermath damage control. Why wouldn't State governments be prescient enough to foresee disasters like this occurring?
NO, it's a Class B fire. I believe a dry powder would have been best. Perhaps, even zeolite. That is what they used in Fukashima. It is known for its tremendous ability to soak up toxins. Very inexpensive stuff.There are four types of fired.
Class A: Ordinary Combustibles - Wood, paper, plastic, cloth, rubber.
Best Extinguisher: Water: Such as water from a garden hose or tap. Dry Chemicals: ABC fire extinguishers usually contain dry chemicals. Other Methods: Fire blankets can deprive a small fire of oxygen
Class B: Flammable Liquids and Gases - Gasoline, most oils: including the oil you put in your car and your chainsaw car-bike chains, most oil-based paints, alcohol, hydrogen, butane, methane, and ethylene
Best Extinguisher: Water is not usually recommended for Class B fires as water can scatter the liquid fuel. Halon, Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher, and Foam.
Class C: Electrical Equipment - Clothes Dryers, Wiring and Cords, Space Heaters:
Best Extinguisher: Dry Chemical Extinguisher
Class D: Combustible Metals - sodium, lithium, magnesium
Best Extinguisher: Dry powder. Magnesium cannot be extinguished.
Class K: Cooking Fires involving Oils and Fats - Vegetable Oil, Cooking Grease
Best Extinguisher: Water Mist, Foam, Fire Suppression Blanket
I wrote previously about this asking the same question.
Seven days ago, I wrote:
I have been asking who approved the torching of the chemical spill in East Palestine? I also suspected that RINO OH Governor DeWine approved it. I didn't consider Pennsylvania because the disaster occurred in Ohio. Mike DeWine is a RINO.... and I believe Ohio is corrupt election-wise too. To trick the hoi polloi; the common people... even the 'lumpenproletariat' that DeWine was appointed to rule over is revealing. Dewine is a lawyer....Most lawyers are unskilled in the practical trades or in common reality. Shystering is a standard way of life for all too many attorneys. Political lawyers tend to put their finger up there asses before determining which way the wind is blowing. It's the degree of smell that determines decision making for lawyer politicians. In this case, burning the toxins was getting rid of evidence that might of involved a quick chemical response team that DeWine undoubtedly didn't have. Instead, he sat on his hands complaining the federal government isn't providing disaster funds. Time delayed is killing a growing number of people.
I posted 9-days ago:
I am not a rocket scientist....And I don't have to be. Neither do you to predict what will happen.
Then yesterday, the AZ nitric acid truck spill occurred. I said the following:
As you already know, most of it was burned. So, it is a big unknown what is on site and even a bigger one with the fall out.