CA: 37 treated after 'bizarre' chemical explosion in Ventura County

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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hazmat-truck-chemical-explosions-santa-paula-20141119-story.html

By Veronica Rocha
November 19, 2013
37 treated after 'bizarre' chemical explosion in Santa Paula


After "bizarre" chemical explosions Tuesday at a Santa Paula wastewater treatment site, mandatory evacuations remain in place, 37 people have been treated, and firefighters and the plant's owner are bewildered.

The chemical, an organic peroxide, is unlike anything Ventura County firefighters have ever seen before, fire Capt. Mike Lindbery said.

"We don't know what it is," he said. "It's bizarre."
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The company treats, recycles and disposes of non-hazardous waste that comes from industrial sites. The vacuum truck, which moves around the facility, was transferring the chemicals when the explosion occurred.

Canine Adoption and Rescue League staff said they had to leave behind 71 dogs at their facility in the 900 block of Mission Rock Road during the evacuation...

http://ktla.com/2014/11/18/several-injured-when-vacuum-truck-explodes-in-santa-paula-area/

Dozens Injured When Vacuum Truck Explodes in Santa Paula Area
Posted 9:05 AM, November 18, 2014, by John A. Moreno, Christina Pascucci, Melissa Pamer and Rick Chambers, Updated at 10:29pm, November 18, 2014
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The three firefighters? boots had ?spontaneously combusted? when they came in contact with the white liquid from the vacuum truck, said Rick Macklin of the Ventura County Fire Department.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/11/19/animals-near-santa-paula-chemical-fire-werent-evacuated/

Animals Near Santa Paula Chemical Fire Weren?t Evacuated
November 19, 2014 12:06 AM
SANTA PAULA (CBSLA.com) ? Some 12 hours after a series of explosions and a chemical fire forced evacuations near a wastewater treatment plant, a dog from a nearby shelter was taken to an animal hospital in Venutra after apparently suffering exposure to the toxic material.

KCAL9′s Andrea Fujii reported that Brandi was one of 71 dogs at CARL ? the Canine Adoption and Rescue League ? which is located just a half mile away from the explosion at the Santa Clara Waste Water Co...