Liquid Material News Today

Imagine you’re at home cooking dinner, and an oil fire breaks out. It’s most people’s instinct to fill a glass with water and splash it on the fire. That’s a huge mistake – spreading the flames. Instead, you need to smother the fire before it has a chance to catch and set the kitchen on fire, potentially burning down your home.

Of liquid material safely every year. so, is there a growing problem about accidents? what is really the state of train safety in this country, right now? >> reporter: that is the important question, jenna. there is growing concern about all this. outgoing, ntsb chairman debra hersman. they moved everything safely, one or two tank cars and part after much larger train. today whole trains may be comprised of 100 tank cars carrying hazardous liquids. train tracks run through the backyards of milli...

85% of the oil thats escaping right now, theyve got another plan in place to shut that flow of oil off entirely. thats about a week and a half to two weeks away. and thats called a top kill. and where theyre going to put in solid material, liquid material, also called a junk shot. its like golf balls and pieces of tire where theyre just going to clog the pipe up and stop this flow of oil entirely. but again, thats about a week and a half to two weeks away. theyre trying to mitigate this right no...