Romulus MI Facility Fire; MI

MI | 2005-Aug-10

Initial Notification: The Great Lakes SSC was notified of a facility fire in Romulus MI. EQ Resource Recovery stores and process waste organic solvents. The waste products consist of the mainly the following solvents: Xylene, Toluene, Acetone, Isopropyl Alcohol, MEK, MIBK, Ethylene glycol. The facility reported that no chlorinated products were stored at the facility. A ditch that runs through the facility was blocked with sand down stream to control potential effluent. There was also primary containment around the facility tanks. The tanks ranged from 55 gallon drums to 30, 000 storage tanks. The fire was allowed to burn out.