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A CUSTER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, CHEMICAL plant was destroyed Thursday morning following a series of explosions and a large fire.

KWTV

The Danlin Industries facility in Thomas, Oklahoma, produces chemical compounds used in the oil and gas industries.  They are stored and shipped in drums which were the cause of the many explosions that took place during the incident.

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There were no workers in the plant just before midnight when the fire first broke out, the lock-up employee having left around 7 pm.  The series of explosions lead to the evacuation of about 10 households located in the area of the 13-acre plant for precautionary reasons.  There have been no injuries reported. The Danlin company policy is to let this type of fire burn itself out rather than create a problem of contaminated fire stream water runoff.  The FD is on containment posture as the fire burns down.

daybreak exposed the destruction caused by the fire  (KFOR-TV)

KWTV Ch. 9 Oklahoma City was first on the scene and captured some early fire footage for this video report:

 News9.com – Oklahoma City, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports |

Read the entire KWTV report HERE. KFOR-TV has an updated report HERE.

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