Underground Fire at Nuclear Waste Storage Facility in New Mexico
Carlsbad
An underground fire at a storage facility for nuclear waste in southern New Mexico has led to evacuations and hospitalizations.
At 11:00am Wednesday, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico was evacuated due to an underground fire. Multiple hospitalizations due to smoke inhalation have been reported.
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According to the Department of Energy, the fire began when a truck hauling salt underground caught fire.
One would think that a nuclear waste storage site is a prime location for electric (not internal combustion) engine equipped trucks.
They should have stored it on the moon. But would they listen to me? Nooooooo!
I was just in Carlsbad a year ago. Town was booming thanks to an oil boom going on in that corner of New Mexico.