Does the air smell like burning plastic to anyone else?

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Old 04-07-2007, 03:12 PM
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Does the air smell like burning plastic to anyone else?

When I left work, I noticed the air looked like crap and I could smell burning plastic. I thought I was imagining it at first, but then I found this.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sec...cal&id=5190634

I can smell this fire in South San Jose, anyone else smell it?
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Old 04-07-2007, 03:24 PM
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Damn I must have a hella of a nose . Me and my girl just got back from santa cruz and once we got back to Hayward I could smell something burning. I almost shat myself cause I thought it was my car, but I looked my car over and her dad told me he had been smelling it for a bit b4 we got home.
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I was wondering what that sell was. I smelled it in milpitas and now at home it n. san jose. I knew I could rely on i-club for someone to solve this. Thats actually why I loged on.
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Ha! I wasnt the only one who smelled it!
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was on the 101 near san carlos and smelled it big time
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i just went outside at 4, and it smelled like plastic. (santa clara)
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ya santa clara .. i smelled it.. but i thought my neighbors were smoking meth or something
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I thought I was going mad, I kept smelling burning plastic every time I went outside this afternoon.
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ya santa clara .. i smelled it.. but i thought my neighbors were smoking meth or something
your 2 gangsta!
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Ya RWC was covered in smoke. It was just horrible.
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I was driving my Suby and thought it was melting
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I could smell it in mountain view.
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i was watching CNN today, their is a big fire in at this plastic/metal yard somewhere around here in the bay. . .
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Blaze at scrap metal yard
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(04-07) 04:00 PDT Redwood City -- A fire burning at a scrap metal yard in Redwood City has been upgraded to a second alarm, the Redwood City Fire Department reported.

Firefighters received word at 8:07 a.m. of a blaze burning at a scrap metal yard located at 699 Seaport Blvd. "where they dismantle cars and salvage metal,'' Redwood City fire Capt. Bruce Meisenbach said.

A second alarm was called just before noon today.

The fire is generating a lot of smoke, Meisenbach reported, and firefighters are keeping in touch with the weather service to monitor the wind.

Meisenbach said firefighters are also monitoring possible toxins and are clearing out some pedestrians who have come out to watch.

Seaport Boulevard between Seaport Court and Blomquist Street is closed so that firefighters can access a larger water main to help fight the fire, Meisenbach reported.

"In order to maximize the water system, (we) need to close the street,'' Meisenbach said.

Redwood City police are also at the scene, a police dispatcher said.

Meisenbach said there have been no reported injuries to civilians, yard workers or firefighters.
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Originally Posted by STI RUSH
i was watching CNN today, their is a big fire in at this plastic/metal yard somewhere around here in the bay. . .
Did you miss the link in the first post?
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