2008: St. Louis ERs Confronted by Hazmat Crisis
What happened at SSM DePaul Medical Center foreshadowed what COVID-19 would bring
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What happened at SSM DePaul Medical Center foreshadowed what COVID-19 would bring
Responders arrive to find heavy smoke showing.
Inventory of flammable drainage tile ignited by the forklift.
High winds and dry grass spread the flames to a storage unit
Almost all the initial information about a Labor Day weekend hazardous materials emergency that spread from an Illinois packaging plant to four hospitals in and around St. Louis, shutting down two major emergency rooms for nearly a day, proved to be wrong.
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