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They did evacuate. you are saying this is going into the air, and it sounds like we don't know how dangerous it is. should they have evacuated a broader area or are you confidence one-and-a-half miles is enough? >> only time will tell if that's the right decision. but again i have to assume that one-and-a-half mile radius was picked on the basis of some calculations that took into account explosion over pressures, shockwaves, as well as the concentrations they might see at that distance after dispersion has taken place. clearly, the resolve is uncertainties with those calculations. but usually...

Victoria, texas was mostly spared, her house took a direct hit. >> it was like a shock. you're speechless. i did not think it was going to be this bad. >>reporter: leaning on her faith, she says she reached out to the christian relief organization for help. 48 hours later a dozen volunteers were in her home to clean up. door ra w we're breaking out right now because we're getting a press conference from the har vis county sheriff about the incident of the chemical plant. >> evacuation of all residents within a mile radius. that fire happened around midnight. our deputies encountered smoke and ...

Commander on this incident. and we decided that we would invoke a safety zone around the plant, which has been done. we established that isolation perimeter at 1.5 mile radius. after we established that evacuation zone, the crosby fire department, local law enforcement and other agency that is are working to flooding event here in harris county, went door to door and evacuated all those that were close to the plant that would leave. since that time, we have been in defensive posture holding a perimeter around the facility. make sure that our citizens are safe and our environment is protected t...

That's why there was backup power general rasht capacity on site. that's why they went to the trouble of moving theme into the diesel containers. if the diesel powered fails, there is a chance of spontaneous combustion. the company says this, the situation at the crosby site has become serious. in order to ensure the safety op our ride-out team all personnel has now been evacuated from the site. quote, we are working with the department of homeland security and the state of texas to set up a command post in a suitable location near or site. again they've got homeland security setting up a comm...

A command post in a suitable he location near our site again they've got homeland security setting up a command post nearby. local news is reporting that a one and a half mile radius has been evacuated around this chemical plant. and the company is being blunt about what's happened here. according to the company, refrigeration on some of our backup product storage containers has now been compromised. due to extremely high water arkema is limited to what we can do to address the site conditions until the storm abates. they say we're monitoring the temperature of each refrigeration container rem...