Volcanoes and major fires tend to disperse ash into the air. Ash contaminates nearby water sources.<\/p>\n
When the community of Grand Prairie woke up one morning, their landscape was decorated with a dark ash coating, as the result of a major fire in the area that destroyed a 400,000 sq. ft. warehouse. It was one of those fires that no one hopes to fight again, involving 66 firefighters, 12 fire rigs and engines from multiple surrounding fire departments. It was one of the worst conflagrations people had seen in years.<\/p>\n
The fire took many hours to finally snuff out and with it being extinguished, came blowing ash and large plumes of grey and black smoke. The air and water in the area would take a beating. In fact, the water quality would be affected several miles away from the fire. Luckily, the warehouse that went up in flames did not have toxic chemicals (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Volcanoes and major fires tend to disperse ash into the air. Ash contaminates nearby water sources. When the community of Grand Prairie woke up one morning, their landscape was decorated with a dark ash coating, as the result of a…<\/span><\/p>\n