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Chemical Blast: Eleven Dead In Series Of Explosions

Chemical Blast: Eleven Dead In Series Of Explosions
Clip: 425692_1_1
Year Shot: 1967 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1757
Original Film: 040-016-01
HD: N/A
Location: Hawthorne, New Jersey
Timecode: 00:51:40 - 00:52:26

A mysterious series of explosions and fire wrecks a chemical plant in Hawthorne, New Jersey. Eleven workers are killed. An explosive dust, a by-product of corn starch, is believed to have caused the blast. Four bodies were recovered as the search continues. Fire races through a chemical plant ravaging everything in its path. Firemen manning the fire hose trying to extinguish and maintain the fire. A smoldering mess of a collapsed building remains. Eleven bodies are recovered. It s a twisted metal storage unit of some kind. LS two firemen standing in the smoldering mess of debris that was once considered a building. The fire s intensity incinerated the building and there is very little left. The firemen are now applying a chemical that is a white foamy substance. Firemen hose down the remains of the building. CU a crowd of people watch the horrible site of the burning inferno. A large crowd of people stand behind the police line. Heavy machinery is brought in to remove the aftermath of the fire as they look for bodies.