Comments about ‘2 homes uninhabitable from Woods Cross explosion’

First and foremost, I hope that no one has been injured in this incident.
That said, get ready for a hike in gas prices. Every increase has a pathetic excuse behind it, and this incident will serve as the newest excuse.....

Rattled the house....pictures fell off the walls.
I hope no one died in this explosion.

How many more issues have to occur at this refinery before it gets shut down? Silver Eagle has tried to band-aid fix their issues for years. Enough is enough.

From what I've heard there are a number of windows blown out in WX and some structure damage to houses nearer to the refinery. I hope all civilians are ok and accounted for.

Don't they have a fire or explosion every few months in that area. The Flying J has been on fire several times.

It seems to me the photo alone is enough to verify that it happened.

We felt our house shake and looked out to see the black smoke coming from all the refineries, and I turned to my husband and asked why the heck we live so close to so many of these places.

What is being done to protect students with breathing disorders? Are students inhaling toxic fumes?

I was about a mile away at work when it exploded, the whole building shook violently like a truck ran into it. My sister lives about three blocks away from the refinery and called me up quite upset. Time to move.

I second the vote from Close It Down!

Two explosions in 2009 from the same refinery? I've lived in WX for 20 years - there are explosions/fires every so often, its understandable...they're working with large amounts of flammable materials...it will happen. But this refinery seems to have many more issues than the others in the area, and it is by far the smallest of the refineries in the area. There needs to be serious thoughts of new management or shutting it down completely.

Several residents have called the Deseret News saying they could feel their homes shake about 9:15 a.m. ?

did THEY forget the phone number to 911 ?.


The news don't put out a fire, nor a BIG BOOM.

How about you either grow up or learn to ride your bike from now on?

Refineries are necessary to fuel America's highly materialistic nature. If you have a problem with the risks involved I suggest you start promoting/funding some greener alternatives.

Hey "Close it Down", that's a great knee-jerk reaction but have you considered the bigger picture in removing a major refinery? Supply/demand and the resultant effect on pricing? How about local jobs? They need to effectively address their deficiencies and stay on-line. They also need to keep safety precautions in place and pay appropriate fines for violations, and cover any clean-up costs within the community.

And "School Children", you sound like a wonderfully over-dramatic helicopter parent. It was an ACCIDENT. This was not business as usual, so there were NO protections in place for anyone in the community, including school children. Yes, they were likely inhaling some increased level of pollutants for a very limited period of time this morning. An isolated, brief exposure shouldn't pose any long term problems for these kids. But from your obvious level of concern, maybe home schooling from a log cabin in the upper valleys of the north slope of the Uintas would be a good fit for you?

Brother Schroeder made a good point. Media is not the one to call to find out what happened minutes after it happened, and most at all, people should be more concerned about their surroundings instead of reporting news. Living close to a refinery is a risk, a life one. You never know when seconds can be decisive in perserving your life. Find out first by calling 911 or looking outside if you need to run right away.

That refinery should be moved to another location ASAP.

So bored and looking for something to expound on? So anxious to read your own words in the paper that you have lost the ability to be coherent?

People called the newspaper, probably after they either called 911, or knew they we safe...

"The news don't put out a fire, nor a BIG BOOM."
--What does that even mean?

Do yourseld a favor, get a hobby, get a life, do something productive with yourself...

That smoke was not from refinery fire, that was from the Holly refinery in Woods Cross

I agree with J DUB. Maybe people who purchased homes in that area should have considered the risks that are associated with living next to an oil refinery. If you don't like it move....instead of acting all shocked and shaken when something bad happens. I'm willing to bet the refinery was there before most of the houses so maybe the houses should be relocated.

Brother Hunts windows were blown out, wow

Who builds houses close to a refinery? Someone ought to ask the Woods Cross city counsel who approved the residential zoning next to a refinery.

""I want to make it very clear to everybody that they're safe in their house. This fire is under control," Bassett said."
Obviously not if 3 of the homes are "uninhabitable"