North Shore Mass Members is everyone OK

[GVA]

There was a huge explosion here early this AM about 2:45 just wondering if any local members are affected and/or OK
I've been posting in "the perfect picture" under N.D. Touchdown
Let us know how your doing..........

 

[BrotherBart]

Yep. Big blasts at a chemical plant north in Danvers. Flattened houses and knocked some off the foundations.

Praying for folks is in order here.

 

[GVA]

Yep. Big blasts at a chemical plant north in Danvers. Flattened houses and knocked some off the foundations.

Praying for folks is in order here.

Started praying about 18 hours ago.......... hope it helped!! :blank:

 

[begreen]

This was about 10 miles south of my sister-in-laws place. No reports of fatalities or major injuries which is no small miracle.

 

[BrotherBart]

This was about 10 miles south of my sister-in-laws place. No reports of fatalities or major injuries which is no small miracle.

It blew out windows a mile and a half from the blast and was heard two states away. They say the only reason more people were not hurt was that they were in bed and the flying glass flew over them.

 

[Roospike]

Story
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Pictures

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[GVA]

More photos
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[webbie]

Pics look like it was on a hillside headed down to the river - another good thing since a lot of the blast was probably sent upwards or into the hill.

Hopefully, most Hearth.com members tend to live just a little further away from chemical plants!

 

[begreen]

Wow, the big chunk of insulation found on the car in Peabody, 2 miles away gives one a sense of the power of the blast. I've been in Danvers a couple times, and never noticed the chemical plant. I imagine there is a lot of talk in the coffee shops today about having such a plant close to a residential area.

 

[GVA]

Pics look like it was on a hillside headed down to the river - another good thing since a lot of the blast was probably sent upwards or into the hill.

Hopefully, most Hearth.com members tend to live just a little further away from chemical plants!

It's not really a hill there It's pretty flat in that area, and it's the same on this side of the river, well it's not really a river its the Atlantic ocean there, Maybe a half mile to the harbor.
A neighbor of mine down the street had the glass doors blow out of her fireflace from the shockwave.
Across the street from the plant is a large propane distributer still intact, up by the mouth of the river is a large NG tank (about half a mile) I doubt most of the people that still have a house there will be moving. Many people in the area didn't even know the plant was there...

There are alot of people around here that have pellet stoves and woodburners and since I've seen several north shore people that post on the forum i'm sure there are many that don't have a location setup under member info, I hope all is well.