Paxair Explosion 6/24/2005

According to Penn-Mar Ethanol's plan approval application submitted to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), page 2 of the Process Form, CO2 Plant, Praxair would be the "Manufacturer" of Penn-Mar's planned Carbon Dioxide (CO2) capture/bottle/ship system capable of producing 146,000 tons of CO2 per year, with an Operating Schedule of 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year (or 8,760 hours per year).

"Investigators are exploring whether there needed to be better fire suppressing systems in place at Praxair, and whether neighbors should have been evacuated more quickly...."

"Some neighboring houses were damaged by flying burning canisters, and some vehicles were set on fire by flying debris...."

"...after Missouri Governor Matt Blunt visited the site of Friday's explosion, which rocked south St. Louis, Mayor Francis Slay announced that he is discussing with Praxair officials the possibility of moving their facility to a different, more remote location.

Slay said, "After this incident, it's going to be very difficult to convince, no matter what happens here, people that live in this area, that this is a safe location...."  from Federal Investigators Pinpoint The "Hot Zone" Where The Praxair Explosions Started (Click) as updated 6/27/05  from KSDK.com NEWSCHANNEL5 - St. Louis 

Debris from explosion fell like missiles in plant's neighborhood (Click) By Todd C. Frankel, Jeremy Kohler and Greg Jonsson Of the Post-Dispatch 06/24/2005 on the STLtoday.com website
Cordell Whitlock reports on flying, burning canisters that hit people's homes. (Click) 
as reported by KDSK.com 
Explosions touch off 3-alarm fire (Click) By David Hunn and Trisha L. Howard of the Post-Dispatch on the STLtoday.com website
Could this happen in your backyard? (click) by Jake Wagman and Clay Barbour of the Post-Dispatch 07/01/2005  STLtoday.com