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Oct 31, 2007

Safety Pays - "It's amazing we have one very minor injury and that's all."

"It's amazing we have one very minor injury and that's all."

Neil Schultz, Polk County Sheriff's Office official, regarding Monday's huge explosion at a Des Moines-area industrial solvents plant

 "We could see the explosions from here," Colvin said. "We saw pools of flames come up and we watched the billows of smoke. When we first went outside there was a distinct chemical odor, but now that the plume has risen higher, you can't smell it, it's not as noticeable."

Read more at Des Moines Register.