The Nation - News from June 19, 1988
Thousands of gallons of water failed to control a chlorine plant blaze in Springfield, Mass., that raged for a second day, sending gas clouds hundreds of feet above the city, injuring 275 people and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents. The city’s five pumpers poured water on the Advanced Laboratories factory in hopes of “turning the plant into a big swimming pool,” a Fire Department spokesman said. Meanwhile, the city extended an evacuation order to 1 1/2 miles from the plant.
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