Small Fire Breaks Out at Pine Bluff Arsenal

A piece of a sheared rocket that once contained chemical agent caused a small fire yesterday in the explosive containment room at the Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Arkansas, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Dec. 13).

No chemical agent escaped the containment room and no one was hurt. Sprinklers extinguished the fire in less than two minutes, according to AP (Associated Press/WREG, Dec. 20).

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