Hazmat Scare In Downtown Mobile

Alabama Mobile People who live within a 1/2 mile of the FGBI Company on Dunlap Drive were being asked to stay inside.

by WKRG Staff

Published: Fri, June 05, 2009 - 9:27 am CST Last Updated: Fri, June 05, 2009 - 3:06 pm CST

11:03 a.m.
Mobile Fire Rescue says the hazmat scare is over. Workers are being allowed to return to the plant. It is safe for neighbors to go outside.

10:27 a.m.
People who live within a half mile of the FGBI Company on Dunlap Drive in Downtown Mobile are being asked to stay inside.

Mobile fire fighters are at the plant monitoring a grain silo after workers noticed what they believe is smoke coming from the silo.

Mobile Fire Rescue spokesman Steve Huffman says the grain is treated with a chemical called phosphine. When it gets wet, phosphine can produce a dangerous gas.

Employees have been evacuated as a precaution and people who live near the plant are being asked to stay inside.

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cmb1 Says:

Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 10:21 am

Yes Ick i understand your point now. I talked to my husband at ATL and they didn’t even know anything about it.

ickthus Says:

Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 10:11 am

grain silo’s blow up with great force and have wiped out whole citys before. the big deal is if it goes and takes out the oil and fuel depot with it… you see waht i’m saying now cmb1?