AN EXPLOSION ROCKED A GULF COAST
COMMUNITY ELEVEN DAYS AGO...AND
TONIGHT...MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE
SHOWED
UP WANTING ANSWERS.
THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW THE BLAST
AT THE
INTERNATIONAL PAPER PLANT IN
CANTONMENT
WILL IMPACT THEM.
NEWS 5'S DEBBIE WILLIAMS JOINS
US LIVE
FROM CANTONMENT...DEBBIE..
A LOT OF CONCERNED FOLKS
TONIGHT....
YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THE
INTERNATIONAL
PAPER PLANT THAT IS STILL NOT
100 PERCENT
OPERATIONAL AFTER THAT BLAST
THAT BLEW
OUT A GOOEY SLUDGE IMPACTING
MORE THAN
100 HOMES....TONIGHT THOSE
HOMEOWNERS
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.
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CREWS ARE WORKING STREET BY
STREET... BLASTING AWAY THE GOO
THAT SPEWED
FROM THE PAPER PLANT 11 DAYS
AGO...ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL
PAPER,,,135 HOMES AND BUSINESS
WERE IMPACTED BY A WOOD PULP
MIXTURE KNOWN
AS BLACK LIQUOR ....
SUPER Dana Harris/Homeowner
:17-:21
6 when i called on Monday my
homeowners insurance
this is a pollution and
exclusion from my
homeowners policy
MOST OF THOSE HOMEOWNERS PACKING
THE CAFETERIA AT TATE HIGH
SCHOOL LOOKING
FOR ANSWERS....
THE MAIN CONCERN...LONG TERM
HEALTH IMPACTS...
3 i would like to know why we
were told the spill was
not toxic but then we're told to
wash your skin and use
vinegar...
SUPER Chris Russell/EPA
4- we ran it looked at it it was
fine.so definitely an
over abundance of caution if you
will" COMPANY OFFICIALS
INSISTING NOTHING
TOXIC WAS RELEASED FROM THE
PLANT..., AIR,
WATER AND SOIL CONTINUE TO BE
MONITORED.......
OTHER CONCERNS...PROPERTY
VALUES ....AND THE QUALITY OF
THE CLEAN
UP...
5you ask if i had any problems
my roof still has a
fuzz on it you said it was
nothing to wory about well
to me it is something to worry
about
SO FAR, 85 TO 90 OF THE HOMES
IMPACTED HAVE
HAD SOME DEGREE OF CLEAN UP
...NONE HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED....
11 DAYS INTO THIS DISASTER...AND
THERE
IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO....
CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE
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