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Shamrock Organic Products Fire

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Overview of the Shamrock Organic Products site and Operations Command Post (view to the west).<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 27.9659<br />Longitude: -82.5669497222222<br />Tags:
Ailor Avenue entrance to the site.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 35.9601513888889<br />Longitude: -83.9489297222222<br />Tags:
KFD and light-grade foam/surfactant used in the fire abatement.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 35.9603113888889<br />Longitude: -83.9488347222222<br />Tags:
Afternon view of the fire operations at the site.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 35.9631547222222<br />Longitude: -83.936105<br />Tags:
View from Ailor Avenue entrance in the afternoon. Piles being split apart and extinguished.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 35.9606397222222<br />Longitude: -83.94867<br />Tags:
View from Ailor Avenue of the used wetting agent (forground) and fire suppression on the mulch piles.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 35.9606697222222<br />Longitude: -83.9488233333333<br />Tags:
View from Ailor Avenue of water tower dumping water on the mulch pile to suppress the fire.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 35.9606063888889<br />Longitude: -83.9487483333333<br />Tags:
View from the eastern property line (from the CSX railroad tracks).<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 35.9605697222222<br />Longitude: -83.948735<br />Tags:
View to the west from the eastern edge of the site and from the CSX railroad tracks.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 35.9606630555556<br />Longitude: -83.949965<br />Tags:
View to the southwest of the fire suppression efforts taken from the CSX railroad tracks.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 35.9607897222222<br />Longitude: -83.95014<br />Tags:
View of confluence of runoff (dark water on the right) with Third Creek about 0.25-mi south of the site.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 27.9659<br />Longitude: -82.5669497222222<br />Tags:
Confluence with Third Creek. Note: Water temperature of the blackened water (right) was 16-degrees F warmer than the right and the organic impact of the runoff caused a spike in biological oxygen demand which resulted in a fish kill on the tributary and Third Creek.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 27.9659<br />Longitude: -82.5669497222222<br />Tags:
Neyland Blvd Bridge (UT Med Ctr background to the southwest) where Third Creek confluence with the Tennessee River on the other (south) side of bridge.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 35.9439333333333<br />Longitude: -83.9356163888889<br />Tags:
CLose-up of the bank of Third Creek and surfaced fish kill within the debris.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 35.9436483333333<br />Longitude: -83.9353<br />Tags:
View on the south side of the Neyland Blvd Bridge and confluence of Third Creek into the Tennessee River. The City of Knoxville maintains booms at the outfall of all urban streams that empty into the Tennessee River.<br />Date Taken: 4/19/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 35.9435483333333<br />Longitude: -83.935385<br />Tags:

Overview of the Shamrock Organic Products site and Operations Command Post (view to the west). Ailor Avenue entrance to the site. KFD and light-grade foam/surfactant used in the fire abatement. Afternon view of the fire operations at the site. View from Ailor Avenue entrance in the afternoon. Piles being split apart and extinguished. View from Ailor Avenue of the used wetting agent (forground) and fire suppression on the mulch piles. View from Ailor Avenue of water tower dumping water on the mulch pile to suppress the fire. View from the eastern property line (from the CSX railroad tracks). View to the west from the eastern edge of the site and from the CSX railroad tracks. View to the southwest of the fire suppression efforts taken from the CSX railroad tracks. View of confluence of runoff (dark water on the right) with Third Creek about 0.25-mi south of the site. Confluence with Third Creek. Note: Water temperature of the blackened water (right) was 16-degrees F warmer than the right and the organic impact of the runoff caused a spike in biological oxygen demand which resulted in a fish kill on the tributary and Third Creek. Neyland Blvd Bridge (UT Med Ctr background to the southwest) where Third Creek confluence with the Tennessee River on the other (south) side of bridge. CLose-up of the bank of Third Creek and surfaced fish kill within the debris. View on the south side of the Neyland Blvd Bridge and confluence of Third Creek into the Tennessee River. The City of Knoxville maintains booms at the outfall of all urban streams that empty into the Tennessee River.