shelter in place

At about 1:45 this afternoon we started getting calls from listeners about a possible fire at a plant in Westlake. We could see the smoke being blown to the north from our studios on the lakefront in Lake Charles. We were informed by the Office of Emergency Management that there had been a fire at Axiall (the old PPG) and that there had been a hydrochloric acid release.

KPLC TV is reporting that their has been a plant explosion in Geismar, LA.  Officials with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is asking residents in St. Gabriel to shelter in place as a precaution.