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Harold - The incident alarm was blaring at the Columbia Gas plant at Boldman Wednesday September 13, where a mock disaster was held as a way for first responders to test their skills in the event of a chemical disaster.
“He’s panic and pulled away and broken his hose near the holding facility, we have a small vapor cloud.” said Keith Hayes area manager for Markwest, a natural gas processing facility also housed at Boldman who described the scenario which responders were faced with.
“He’s unconscious but breathing and the emergency crews are checking him and preparing him for transport.”
Emergency crews from several agencies in both Pike and Floyd counties participated in the drill, which also saw the entire plant evacuated.
“It’s just a good practice drill for the possibility of something which could happen at a facility like this.”
Crews had only a general idea of when the drill would be taking place this morning and were unaware of what the possible scenario for the drill was when responding.