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Following 2nd Fire At Kearny Chlorine Plant, Sierra Club Calls For Investigation Following 2nd Fire At Kearny Chlorine Plant, Sierra Club Calls For Investigation
Following 2nd Fire At Kearny Chlorine Plant, Sierra Club Calls For Investigation A fire that broke out at a Kearny manufacturer of swimming pool chlorine in May proved unusually difficult to extinguish, repeatedly rekindling over the course of several hours after firefighters thought it had darkened down for good. On Wednesday, nearly two months after the fire had finally been put out, the Alden Leeds plant on Kearny’s industrial waterfront was burning once again. The more recent blaze was quickly put out and had not flared back to life as of Thursday afternoon, but the state’s leading environmental group says this second fire since May underscores the danger the pla…

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by Paul Milo
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Stubborn Kearny Chlorine Fire Under Control Stubborn Kearny Chlorine Fire Under Control
Stubborn Kearny Chlorine Fire Under Control Firefighters from New York, Jersey City, Newark and several other towns helped contain a blaze at a Kearny factory that went to four alarms and spewed a noxious plume of smoke across a broad swath of Hudson County.  The fire, at the Alden Leeds plant on Jacobus Avenue in industrial South Kearny, started at around 10 p.m. Friday and had climbed to four alarms by midnight before firefighters, including crews in fire boats, were able to bring the fire under control Saturday morning.  Alden Leeds manufactures pool cleaning products made of chlorine, complicating efforts to fight the f…

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by Paul Milo
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Kearny Chlorine Plant Fire Shuts Skyway, Residents Told To Stay Indoors Kearny Chlorine Plant Fire Shuts Skyway, Residents Told To Stay Indoors
Kearny Chlorine Plant Fire Shuts Skyway, Residents Told To Stay Indoors UPDATE: The fire was brought under control Saturday morning after reaching four alarms.  The Pulaski Skyway in Kearny was closed in both directions after a manufacturing  plant went up in flames, stranding drivers on the roadway Friday night. The blaze, which hit at least three alarms overnight, broke out around 10 p.m. at the Alden Leeds plant, located on Jacobus Avenue under the skyway. The company makes chlorinated tablets and other chemical treatments for swimming pools.  Residents in Hudson County, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island were urged to shut their windows d…

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by Paul Milo & Cecilia Levine