Massive Fire - Nox-Crete, 1415 S 20th St.

[Brad]

Massive Fire - Nox-Crete, 1415 S 20th St.

[Coyote]

Happening now: 3-Alarm fire in downtown Omaha



KETV NewsWatch 7

Fire teams are battling flames at a chemical production company. Multiple explosions reported. Police are asking people stay from the north side of 20th and center.

[Omaha Cowboy]

The W-H photo Brad posted has an eerie 9/11 vibe…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

[Coyote]

Large fire sends smoke billowing over downtown Omaha



Omaha World-Herald

Area fire crews battled a three-alarm fire near downtown Omaha, Monday

[Brad]

The W-H photo Brad posted has an eerie 9/11 vibe…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

Sure Does!

[Coyote]

3-alarm fire at chemical Nox-Crete company near Downtown Omaha



A FIRE has triggered explosions in downtown Omaha, where first responders are battling a massive blaze at a chemical production company.

[Brad]

Dang, what a view

[Omaha Cowboy]

Dang, what a view

Wow!…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

[Coyote]

Team Coverage: Massive fire reported at facility south of downtown Omaha



KMTV 3 News Now

Omaha fire crews are responding to a large fire at the Nox-Crete facility on 20th Street south of downtown.

[Coyote]

Large fire causes evacuations downtown Omaha area



Omaha World-Herald

Large fire causes evacuations downtown Omaha area

[Coyote]

Team Coverage: Update on massive fire reported at facility south of downtown Omaha



KMTV 3 News Now

Omaha fire crews are responding to a large fire at the Nox-Crete facility on 20th Street south of downtown.

[Coyote]

Omaha firefighters battling 3-alarm fire south of downtown



KETV NewsWatch 7

Omaha firefighters battling 3-alarm fire south of downtown

[Coyote]

Nox-Crete structure fire prompts evacuations



KMTV 3 News Now

Nox-Crete structure fire prompts evacuations

[Coyote]

05-30-2022 Large warehouse fire near downtown Omaha, NE



Live Storms Media

***NOT FOR BROADCAST***
Contact Brett Adair with Live Storms Media to license.
[email protected]

Drone footage of large warehouse fire near downtown Omaha, Nebraska.

[Coyote]

Nox Crete Fire - Omaha, Ne



Tim Mort

A FIRE has triggered explosions in downtown Omaha, where first responders are battling a massive three-alarm blaze at a chemical production company. Residents near the burning building have been urged to evacuate because of thick, black smoke pouring into downtown.

[Coyote]

Happening now: Omaha Fire Department gives update on fire at chemical production company



KETV NewsWatch 7

The Omaha Fire Department is giving an update on a three-alarm fire at a chemical production plant in downtown Omaha.

[Busguy2010]

Golly, wouldn't you love to live around that. It looks like the smoke was mostly blowing to the south, but I swear I smelled a weird chemically smell last night in North Omaha. After watching all those videos, it easily could be the case. I wouldn't be surprised if the whole city was affected.

Was there any word on what it was burning?

[Brad]

It looks like the smoke was mostly blowing to the south

It was blowing east towards Council Bluffs.

Was there any word on what it was burning?

Chemicals for working with Concrete. https://www.nox-crete.com/

[Coyote]

Omaha's Nox-Crete chemical warehouse fire aftermath



Omaha World-Herald

Fire crews monitor the scene after a three-alarm fire at the Nox-Crete chemical warehouse at 1415 S. 20th Street in Omaha on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.

[ricko]

Golly, wouldn't you love to live around that. It looks like the smoke was mostly blowing to the south, but I swear I smelled a weird chemically smell last night in North Omaha. After watching all those videos, it easily could be the case. I wouldn't be surprised if the whole city was affected.

Was there any word on what it was burning?

That was my first thought. Any news about exactly what chemicals were involved. Are the local news outlets even curious?

[Coyote]

Air, water quality 'not impacted' by fire at Omaha chemical plant



KETV NewsWatch 7

Air quality and water quality are "not impacted" by the fire Monday night at a downtown Omaha chemical production plant.

[Busguy2010]

Golly, wouldn't you love to live around that. It looks like the smoke was mostly blowing to the south, but I swear I smelled a weird chemically smell last night in North Omaha. After watching all those videos, it easily could be the case. I wouldn't be surprised if the whole city was affected.

Was there any word on what it was burning?

That was my first thought. Any news about exactly what chemicals were involved. Are the local news outlets even curious?

Right, I'd like to know exactly. "Chemicals for working with concrete" doesn't do it for me. I want to know names and compositions of each. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I heard in passing they stored 89 different chemicals. Any one of which could be harmful. I mean even a common lighter fluid, gasoline, or house fire puts out stuff you definitely don't want to breathe. So for them to say "nothing harmful", I just can't buy it.

[Coyote]

Omaha residents describe fears, chaos during Nox-Crete fire



KETV NewsWatch 7

Despite the billows of smoke and sky-reaching flames, no homes were damaged

[debradomayer]

I find it disingenuous and irresponsible that not one city official (OFD spox excepted) has provided any information on the toxicity of the chemicals and any possible harm to the public. I would think Nox-Crete would have an inventory of those chemicals and what the levels of toxicity they have. Shameful

[Coyote]

Property owners deal with 'disrespectful' behavior from onlookers during Nox-Crete fire



KMTV 3 News Now

As smoke from the fire darkened the Downtown Omaha skyline Monday night, hundreds of onlookers gathered. They stood stunned, despite a shelter-in-place order and later a recommendation for evacuation.
170K subscribers
SUBSCRIBE
As smoke from the fire darkened the Downtown Omaha skyline Monday night, hundreds of onlookers gathered. They stood stunned, despite a shelter-in-place order and later a recommendation for evacuation.

[Coyote]

Questions about air quality still remain after Nox-Crete fire



KMTV 3 News Now

The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy observed the site Tuesday and are conducting an environmental report on the impacts of the Nox-Crete fire.

[Coyote]

How the lead industry misled the public about its toxic problem for decades
The lead industry characterized lead poisoning as a problem of poor people and minorities to protect its sales during the 20th century

Lead is a dangerous neurotoxin. Researchers have known that for decades. But the substance stuck around in everyday products like paint and gasoline for decades. One big reason: The lead industry spent years using racial bias to divert public attention away from the dangers of the toxin and minimized the impact of mounting evidence indicating lead was poisoning children, with devastating effects.

Health officials warn that there is no safe level of lead in children. Gerald Markowitz is a history professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the City University of New York. He’s also an expert in occupational safety and health. In 2002, he co-wrote “Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution,” which describes attempts by the lead industry to deceive Americans about the dangers its products posed to the public.

As part of The Missouri Independent and NPR Midwest Newsroom’s collaborative investigation of high levels of lead in children in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, reporter Niara Savage interviewed Markowitz about the lead industry’s tactics and the lasting implications for public perception and policy.

[Coyote]

Environmental impact of fire at chemical plant

[arjavrawal]

There is an event today at 6pm where city and county reps will answer the public's questions about the fire. It's at The Berkeley off 19th and Leavenworth.

[Coyote]

Douglas County town hall about fire at Omaha chemical plant warehouse



KETV NewsWatch 7

An odor and questions still linger about what chemicals burned in the fire that destroyed the Nox-Crete chemical plant Monday

[Coyote]

Arial footage of the aftermath of Nox-Crete 3-alarm fire in downtown Omaha.

[Coyote]

Public information meeting following Nox-Crete chemical warehouse fire in Omaha



Omaha World-Herald

A public information meeting following the Monday night three-alarm fire at the Nox-Crete chemical warehouse in Omaha on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.

[Busguy2010]

The name is just bad in hindsight... Nox-Crete. In other words, Noxious Concrete. I think this could very well end up being a very bad environmental disaster.

[ricko]

Public information meeting following Nox-Crete chemical warehouse fire in Omaha



Omaha World-Herald

A public information meeting following the Monday night three-alarm fire at the Nox-Crete chemical warehouse in Omaha on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.

A responsible mayor would have been at this meeting.

[Coyote]

Documents give glimpse of what chemicals potentially burned at Nox-Crete warehouse



KMTV 3 News Now

Documents from a consultant report show pictures of what the Nox-Crete warehouse looked like in 2021, and what may have been inside when it burned down Monday. Nox-Crete won't answer questions, but here's what 3 News Now knows from our own research

[Coyote]

“I’m Still Gasping For Air:”
Chemical List Released after Nox-Crete Fire, Residents Still Concerned
After more than a week, Nox-Crete disclosed what chemicals were in its warehouse that burned down,
but local investigations are ongoing.

When Nancy Valentino stepped outside to smoke a cigarette the evening of Memorial Day, she didn’t expect to see anything out of the ordinary. The residents on 19th and Dorcas streets heard pops, but they all assumed they were firecrackers. Then she saw black, billowing clouds of smoke.

“There was all that smoke over those trees,” she said looking south toward the charred remains of the Nox-Crete chemical warehouse about 2,000 feet from her home. “There were car crashes because they had to detour traffic. I was concerned about what was in the air. I have grandkids in the house.”

On May 31, Nox-Crete Manufacturing reported a three-alarm chemical fire in its warehouse near 20th and Woolworth streets, which houses concrete sealant chemicals. It took more than a week for the Omaha company to provide a list of what chemicals burned in the fire, despite making one days earlier, and local agencies are still determining potential effects.

“We want to obviously keep people abreast of what we know,” said Owen Lasswell, Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) public information officer. “We can only release information when we have something to share based off of factual data. That would be information observed in our reports, information posted or public records documents.”

The NDEE received Nox-Crete’s hazardous material inventory for chemicals with volumes greater than 4,000 pounds the afternoon of June 9. The inventory report was taken on May 27. NDEE is still completing its assessment of the area following this new information. In an interview with The Reader, NDEE officials had “no comment” for the delay in releasing the list of the chemicals.

[Coyote]

EPA explains results of testing at Nox Crete



Omaha World-Herald
The EPA sampled water in a puddle on the northwest side and runoff on the north and south sides of the ruins of the Nox Crete warehouse and found five hazardous chemicals.

[Coyote]

Cleanup at Nox-Crete fire site to begin Tuesday

Cleanup is slated to begin Tuesday at Omaha's Nox-Crete plant, nearly three months after a massive chemical fire broke out on Memorial Day. Nox-Crete received two approved cleanup permits with the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy along with Omaha's Planning Department. It's expected the cleanup effort will take roughly three to four weeks to complete. Flames broke out the evening of May 30. Residents between 13th and 20th streets from Leavenworth to Martha were urged to evacuate as crews battled the chemical fire throughout the night.