Large plumes of what appeared to be cement dust were spewing from the top edge of a tower at Ash Grove Cement.
More photos have been added to yesterday evening's event at Ash Grove Cement. No word has come from the company regarding the incident. 911 logs show that at 7:47 PM a call went out and 14 fire units (not all engines) responded. The material coming from the site coated the road and cars passing through it.
Below is our original report.
Large plumes of dust were spotted coming from the southern most tower at Ash Grove Cement 3801 E Marginal Way South Saturday July 3 at approximately 7:45 pm.
The Herald got through to the control room and were told, "You'll have to call back Tuesday morning when the boss is here."
For the Seattle plant, the plant manager is Craig Puljan.
The dust appeared to be coming from the top south eastern edge of one of three towers and was covering East Marginal Way just as it reaches level heading south bound.
Ash Grove Cement is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, and operates cement plants in nine states across the country.
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