Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Explosions, fire at Barton Solvents Iowa location
Firefighters in Des Moines, Iowa are fighting a large fire at a Barton Solvents plant there, according to the Des Moines Register newspaper Web site. The paper reports that fire crews from at least seven area fire departments are fighting the fire, which has closed parts of Interstate 80 and Interstate 35 in the northeastern part of that city.