On Friday, July 14, multiple explosions were reported at the Dow Chemical plant in Plaquemine.
All employees were accounted for with no injuries reported, and no damage outside the plant was reported.
A fire continued to burn for hours after the booms rocked nearby neighborhoods.
Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi said about 9:20 p.m. several explosions happened in the facility's glycol area, causing a fire.
That order was lifted around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, July 15.
To fight an ethylene glycol fire, the CDC says: "Use '"'alcohol'"' foam, dry chemical or carbon dioxide.
Fires involving the chemical should be isolated for half a mile in all directions.
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