Joel Donofrio
亚基玛先驱共和国，洗。
（MCT）
3月1日 - 逊尼斯 - 虽然逊尼派尼的化学火灾迅速消耗了一个工业建筑，并在整个下午和晚上发出了硫磺的烟雾，周一的火焰率先捕获，才能避免受伤，官员们说。
闷烧的硫磺浓度迅速成为下午1点后的肆虐的化学火灾。Sunnyside Fire 1101号南北路营养道1101号Midvale Right Height Ken Anderson表示。
The fire destroyed one storage building on the southeast corner of the fertilizer storage facility in the Port of Sunnyside and damaged others, but adjacent Nutrien buildings and storage tanks containing hazardous chemicals were spared, Anderson said Monday evening.
“It was caught early on — it could have been much worse,” he added.
Nearby industrial facilities in the Port of Sunnyside, including Ostrom Mushroom Farms located immediately south on Midvale, were evacuated, and 18 families living in homes near Interstate 82 also were evacuated as a precaution, Sunnyside Police Chief Al Escalera said.
Sunnyside学区官员称，由于火灾，庇护所庇护的Kamiakin和Pioneer基本学生，HVAC系统关闭以防止烟雾进入建筑物内部。大多数学生在下午5:10发布。
安德森说，当工人注意到储存大厦约200吨硫磺时，火灾开始了。当厚烟阻止它们熄灭自身堆时，他们在下午1:03叫做逊尼派发电机。
Shortly afterward, “the building caught fire and was totally engulfed within minutes,” Anderson said.
The storage building contained 1.75 million pounds of mixed components for fertilizers, but there were more dangerous chemicals in adjacent buildings and tanks, and firefighters prevented the blaze from spreading to them, Anderson added.
Firefighters and workers at the Nutrien facility are unsure why the sulfur pile was smoldering, Anderson said.
“Most of those 200 tons (of sulfur) had been there since summertime,” he added. “They received a shipment of sulfur (Monday) morning, and the fire occurred some time after that.”
There was no financial damage estimate as of Monday night. Anderson said he was unsure when the fire would be out, as firefighters were considering letting the remaining chemicals in the destroyed building burn off.
“We’re still trying to determine the best approach,” Anderson told reporters around 5:40 p.m., noting that the dry and liquid fertilizer storage buildings were designed to allow the chemicals inside to burn off.
安德森说，约236,000磅硫酸铵 - “这场火灾中涉及最危险的化学品” - 早期烧掉了。
警察首席埃斯拉格表示，米库马谷和区域部门的消防员从翡翠道到达Duffy Road，因为来自八千马谷和区域部门的消防员。
The Sunnyside Community Center was open Monday evening for anyone who needed a safe space for shelter, including the 18 families whose homes were evacuated, Escalera said. The American Red Cross is assisting at the community center.
目前尚不清楚爆炸时有多少营养工人在现场，但公司肯尼克地区的官员表示，所有人都疏忽而不会受伤。安德森说，紧急人员没有伤害。
The primary concern moving forward is chemicals that could be in the runoff from fighting the fire, Anderson said, noting that personnel from the state’s Ecology department would be monitoring both the runoff and air quality in the immediate area.
安德森说，在周一晚上，风已经转移了一点，并将烟雾从火灾方向推动了烟火，远离逊尼派的中央部分和住宅区。
The facility is relatively new, opening in the fall of 2018 as a dry and liquid fertilizer storage and distribution center, according to the Port of Sunnyside website.
Contact Joel Donofrio atjdonofrio@yakimaherald.com.
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