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Military vehicles. the chemicals used to make things like hoses, foam cups and plastic pipes need to be kept cold. but more than 40 inches of rain knocked out electricity, killed backup generators and now threatens the remaining cold storage units. what is not clear tonight is exactly how big a fire or explosion might be, and exactly what the impact would be on people or the environment. tonight, state, local and federal officials are watching closely, tom. >> a story we're going to stay on top of for the next several days. clayton, our thanks to you. tonight, we're broadcasting from the ele...

Of these containers housing organic peroxide. whether or not there was an explosion seems to be in dispute. some officials acknowledged it was a pop. others indicated it could be counted as an explosion. another area of confusion, the smoke right now. is it a danger to people in the community? some people, county officials there, compared it to breathing in a campfire. the president of the subsidiary of arkema said it can be dangerous if you breathe it in, get it in your eyes or skin, seek medical advice if you are exposed. another keierre ya, there was an evacuation for a 1.5 mile radius for ...

They've had trouble defining what this is. they initially called it an explosion. later they said they didn't want to call it that because they didn't want to scare people but it is an explosion, a small one. another eight large containers like 18-wheeler type that, big, that size. those are going to do the same thing. chemicals are going to react, heat up. there will be small explosions, flames will shoot up into the air, 30, 40 feet, as we heard the other one did and the entire container will essentially be consume bid the fire. that will happen eight times over. when pressed specifically ab...

This in the past. how concerned should people in crosby be? >> i think they should be very concerned. you know, we listened to the president of the company but the local fire service and law enforcement have done the right thing, mile and a half permanenter evacuation, watching this thing. not much they can do except watch and wait. eventually it's going to catch on fire, explode. they've kept people away. they're doing the right thing under the circumstances. so, you know, these organic peroxides are very volatile and have to be kept very cold. they've had several backups and they've all fail...

>> can you clarify that? i might have misheard you. it's not nontoxic or explain what is happening. >> it's nontoxic irritants. basically smoke from the fire itself, it's nothing toxic. that's the information we've been receiving. our fire marshal has been in conversation with the company the last few days. >> the plant, arkema folk, did not go as far as you are at this point. does that concern you with the health concerns from this smoke? >> at this point, it does not. we're here. we talked to them as well. maybe it's choice of words or how they frame it and how we're framing it. we're consta...