Jeremy Aitken, Starved Rock Media, Mar 30, 2023
“The chemical company says following a comprehensive review, the root cause of the La Salle plant fire was a combination of events stemming from damaged packaging of Potassium Permanganate.
A release from the company says the potassium was being transported from the warehouse to a waiting truck and was damaged in transit by a forklift truck.
Workers cleaned up spilled material and moved the damaged packaging to a separate location.
As the damaged packaging of chemicals was being moved, friction caused by the forklift truck moving a support pallet likely ignited material underneath the pallet.”
Update: Illinois Fire Marshal Report and warehouse security footage.
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