TANK EXPLOSION AT KOPPERS CHEMICAL PLANT, STICKNEY ON SOUTH LARAMIE

THU FEB 09 2012 ~2330
STICKNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHEMICAL TANK EXPLOSION AND FIRE
3900 SOUTH LARAMIE AVENUE, STICKNEY, IL

EXPLOSIONS WITH HEAVY FIRE SHOWING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PLANT UPON ARRIVAL. ONE TANK RUPTURED, ANOTHER TANK ON FIRE WITH FIREFIGHTERS COOLING DOWN EXPOSED TANKS NEAR 39TH STREET AND LARAMIE AND STEVENSON EXPRESSWAY (I-55).





SOME CONFUSION OVER CORRECT ADDRESS -- WHETHER STICKNEY OR CICERO.

FROM KOPPERS OFFICIAL WEBSITE ...
"The Koppers Inc. Stickney Plant was engineered and constructed in 1920-1921 by the Koppers Company on a 36-acre plot in Stickney, IL for the American Tar Products Company. In 1968, Koppers Company constructed a Phthalic Anhydride (PAA) fixed bed reactor plant on the Stickney site. The Stickney Plant is capable of converting various crude tars into liquid pitch and other liquid products such as creosote, refined tars, chemical oils and various grades of coal tar pitch."

SOURCES:
FIRENET CHICAGO, NIFG, RADIOMAN911
koppers.com | Stickney Plant