Explosion and fire at UTC / Pratt & Whitney facility in San Jose

There has apparently been an explosion and ongoing structure
and grassfire at the United Technologies Pratt and Whitney
Space Propulsion Systems site in San Jose, CA (600 Metcalf Road).
Reports are that it happened about 6:15pm pacific time.
My mother *heard* the explosion at their house which is
about 18 miles away, so it was a fairly big one.

What happened, what blew up and possible casualties are not
yet being reported that I am aware of.


-george william herbert

(George William Herbert) wrote in news:bgv2h3$iuq$1
@gw.retro.com:

There has apparently been an explosion and ongoing structure
and grassfire at the United Technologies Pratt and Whitney
Space Propulsion Systems site in San Jose, CA (600 Metcalf Road).
Reports are that it happened about 6:15pm pacific time.
My mother *heard* the explosion at their house which is
about 18 miles away, so it was a fairly big one.

What happened, what blew up and possible casualties are not
yet being reported that I am aware of.

Link to story:

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/6483981.htm

Seems to be an occasional occurance at this solid fuel motor
facility.

--Damon

"Damon Hill" wrote in message
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(George William Herbert) wrote in news:bgv2h3$iuq$1
@gw.retro.com:

There has apparently been an explosion and ongoing structure
and grassfire at the United Technologies Pratt and Whitney
Space Propulsion Systems site in San Jose, CA (600 Metcalf Road).
Reports are that it happened about 6:15pm pacific time.
My mother *heard* the explosion at their house which is
about 18 miles away, so it was a fairly big one.

What happened, what blew up and possible casualties are not
yet being reported that I am aware of.

Link to story:

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/6483981.htm

Seems to be an occasional occurance at this solid fuel motor
facility.

Today's news said, "Officials have no idea what caused the explosion."

Ok, I can understand if they don't know for sure. But hmm, rocket fuel
faciltiy? I might have a clues. ;-)



--Damon

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 22:41:42 -0500, Damon Hill
wrote:

(George William Herbert) wrote in news:bgv2h3$iuq$1
:

There has apparently been an explosion and ongoing structure
and grassfire at the United Technologies Pratt and Whitney
Space Propulsion Systems site in San Jose, CA (600 Metcalf Road).
Reports are that it happened about 6:15pm pacific time.
My mother *heard* the explosion at their house which is
about 18 miles away, so it was a fairly big one.

What happened, what blew up and possible casualties are not
yet being reported that I am aware of.

Link to story:

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/6483981.htm

Seems to be an occasional occurance at this solid fuel motor
facility.


Here's a link to San Jose's KNTV-11, the local NBC television
affiliate. They have a link on their webpage to a video of the plant
damage and interviews with witnesses.


http://www.nbc11.com/news/2391445/detail.html







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