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Fire Stops Work At Umatilla Chemical Depot
A fire Friday night at Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Oregon briefly stopped weapons destruction, the Tri-City Herald reported yesterday (see GSN, July 22). Work resumed Saturday afternoon after depot officials consulted with the Oregon Environmental Quality department. The fire — the fourth at the facility since April — started while M55 rockets filled with sarin were being destroyed, the Herald reported. No injuries occurred and no chemicals escaped during the fire, which was extinguished quickly. The fire occurred during the fifth of seven cuts to destroy the 188th rocket eliminated that day, said Umatilla Chemical Depot project manager Don Barclay. More than a quarter of the M55 rockets stored at Umatilla have been destroyed since work began there in September 2004, according to the Herald (Nathan Isaacs, Tri-City Herald, July 31).
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