Abstract
Explosion rips pesticide packaging plant in Arkansas A May 8 fire and explosion at a BPS Inc. pesticide packaging plant in West Helena, Ark., killed three firefighters, injured 17 others, closed a portion of the Mississippi River for about 12 hours, and caused the evacuation of the plant's neighbors, including two hospitals. The fire was extinguished six days later. Although the exact cause of the blaze is under investigation, BPS employees had noticed smoke—some reports say from a smoldering bag of azinphos-methyl, an insecticide that is a cholinesterase inhibitor— called the fire department, and evacuated the plant. The three firemen were killed when a cinder-block wall blew out from the force of an explosion. Injuries sustained by the others on the scene are not considered life threatening. ...
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