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  • 25
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    8:55am, EDT

    Toxic cloud? Fertilizer plant burns in Germany

    Andreas Drabben / AFP - Getty Images

    Flames and smoke rise from a burning storage building of a fertilizer plant in Krefeld, western Germany, on Sept. 25.

    Martin Gerten / AFP - Getty Images

    A woman with a pram and a dog walks past dark smoke clouds rising from a burning storage building of a fertilizer plant in Krefeld, western Germany, on Sept. 25.

    A large plume of black smoke caused by a fire burning at storage building at a fertilizer plant in Krefeld, Germany filled the skies on Tuesday. Fire officials are concerned about the cloud being toxic and have asked residents to keep their windows closed and stay indoors.

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    Well, even though the toxicity levels of the nitrose agents, cyanide and chlorine compounds released in that fire were below the danger marks, I'd rather inhale none than any amount of those. I am living and working in Mülheim, several kilometers east of the fire site, and at the office, around …

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