May 8, 2009- The explosion at the Veolia facility in West Carrollton isn't the first chemical plant blast in the Miami Valley. Several plants have exploded over the years but none compare to the “fire of the century” in Beavercreek.
One-hundred-thousand gallons of liquid burned at the corner of Grange Hall and Patterson road for several days. Jim Griest remembers the blast. "The flames were high," Griest said. "It was quite an explosion." Griest lives just across the road from the former site that's still making a mess.
Scott Glum, from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, said, "There's significant soil contamination and a plume of water contamination."
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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