Praxair chemical distribution facility explosion in Saint Louis

[analyzingfunny]

at :36 INCOMING!!! "oh shit...."

[CoolPantz32]

i was at the cardinals game tht day!

[Malunat13]

your lucky. things never explode near my house =(

[TrainTrackTrav]

If I were a chemical plant I woulnd "decide" to explode. Funny choice of words made my day! Good vid!

[privatepyle187]

was there the dayit happened getting my bottles filled

[palweeo]

where was that?

[aerosolcheesedotcom]

it was at a praxair distribution facility in Laffayette square in STL....

[ride446]

Hey thank you for posting this video

[houstonpenny]

Nice footage, should have kept rolling, a good cameraman never stops rolling... wtf xD

[aerosolcheesedotcom]

Hi, Thx for the comment.. I did keep rolling, just didn't post everything here. Another issue that I was dealing with was that the area was evacuated, and the fire department forced me away from the scene...

[pmgodfrey]

I'm about 20 minutes south of downtown St. Louis. I remember the summer day that happened. I was at a neighbors house, Jeopardy happened to be on, then they cut in with this.

The aerial footage from News Channel 5's helicopter was fantastic.

It is very fortunate that no one was killed that day. The fire department had a large area blocked off for days afterwards.

[TheOldNihilist]

Jeapordy was cut off for this??

"It's what happens when large chemical fires are burning"?

Uhhh,... "What is,......when Jeapordy is interrupted"?

That is correct!

Ok, next question same catagory.

[familyPassTime]

these plants need to be far away as possible from any residental property, very nasty VID, very scary to think about. something the president and congress or homeland security should monitor for safety issues.

[rrhoads3]

I work for a company were we UE (NDT) Non-Destructive test, high pressure cylinders for Air gas and Praxair and in one of those ocations we got a special order of SALENE gas cyl's to be tested, unfortunatly a quarter of the order of cylinders were full....and the problem with SALENE is that is highly flamable if it comes in contact with air, so if you open a cylinder full of salene what it does it ignites sucking all the fire into the cylinder wich causes the explosion of the cylinder

[mscojr]

i used to work for praxair. this was not a chemical plant. it was a distribution facility that had bottled cylinder gases.

[mscojr]

very serious problem. that is h2 gas exploding, i wouldve run as far away as possible if i was to witnessed this..

[aerosolcheesedotcom]

Sorry, I'll change it to "distribution facility"

[stompthenation]

Man thats better than the old m-80s i used to shoot off.

[BobaChain]

Stop chatting to your fucking friends and cover your damn mouth when something like this happens. Fucking idiots.

[dapsapsrp]

This disaster ended the Praxair presence in St. Louis. They relocated somewhere across the river in Illinois. Probably for the best since the old plant was right smack in the middle of residential neighborhoods. Praxair's safety training was so good that nobody was hurt.

[VeeDubbin302]

praxair is a nasty place man....i work for a scaffold company that has a contract at the praxair in carney point new jersey....

[vlnmusic]

praxair is not a nasty place, they are actually very well equipped. u feel like it probly just because u work for a scaffold company.

[USisGreat]

my mom works for praxair and she was actually promoted to assisstant manager of st. louis facility just a week before this happened

[roenick99]

I lived in those lofts also. We moved in the week before this happened. My fiance had also taken the day off and was most likely standing right next to you while you were taking the video. It was pretty crazy.

[DomLauria]

dude i skateboard at that place it is awesome, yet scary

[chikenptpie]

no way! i skate there too! my friend lars and I found a bum sleeping in there, then we went in the actual offices and bathrooms, they were burnt to a CRISP scary stuff

[aerosolcheesedotcom]

it was less than a block away. I took the day off and heard the explosion, looked out the window and ran out. I ended up selling the footage to the fox news affiliate. They also interviewed me.

[soln4suh]

that's some scary stuff. good thing no one lost their homes in the surrounding neighborhood( or did they?). i hope no one got killed or seriously hurt.

[VX2100DV]

Nice footage. Nice debris shot. How close to the plant is the apartment building?