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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...inia-water-chemical-spill-charleston/4407433/
State, feds declare a state of emergency as out-of-state water is trucked in.
West Virginia National Guard troops distributed bottled water trucked in from Maryland Friday after a chemical spill in the Elk River in Charleston contaminated the public water supply for as many as 300,000 people in nine counties.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin urged water customers in the southwest counties of Kanawha, Putnam, Jackson, Clay, Lincoln, Logan, Roane and Boone counties, as well as customers in the area of Culloden in Cabell County, to stop using water for everything but flushing toilets and fighting fires.
"Do not drink it. Do not cook with it. Do not wash clothes in it. Do not take a bath in it," Tomblin warned. "For safety, we would ask everyone -- this includes restaurants, hospitals, any institutions out there -- please do not use any tap water if you're a customer of West Virginia American Water."..........
As a licorice-like smell enveloped the capital, stores, restaurants schools and even the state legislature shut down.
Schools were also closed in five counties.
The emergency triggered a run on stores selling bottled water, including a Sam's Club that sold its 4,200 cases of water in an hour and a half, The Charleston Daily Mail reported. Store employees said they were unable to find any more water at stores in a 20-mile radius.
The sheriff's office in Kanawha county reported receiving about a dozen 911 calls after scuffles broke out over rapidly dwindling supplies. the Gazette reported. Police were asked to step up patrols around convenience stores.
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State, feds declare a state of emergency as out-of-state water is trucked in.
West Virginia National Guard troops distributed bottled water trucked in from Maryland Friday after a chemical spill in the Elk River in Charleston contaminated the public water supply for as many as 300,000 people in nine counties.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin urged water customers in the southwest counties of Kanawha, Putnam, Jackson, Clay, Lincoln, Logan, Roane and Boone counties, as well as customers in the area of Culloden in Cabell County, to stop using water for everything but flushing toilets and fighting fires.
"Do not drink it. Do not cook with it. Do not wash clothes in it. Do not take a bath in it," Tomblin warned. "For safety, we would ask everyone -- this includes restaurants, hospitals, any institutions out there -- please do not use any tap water if you're a customer of West Virginia American Water."..........
As a licorice-like smell enveloped the capital, stores, restaurants schools and even the state legislature shut down.
Schools were also closed in five counties.
The emergency triggered a run on stores selling bottled water, including a Sam's Club that sold its 4,200 cases of water in an hour and a half, The Charleston Daily Mail reported. Store employees said they were unable to find any more water at stores in a 20-mile radius.
The sheriff's office in Kanawha county reported receiving about a dozen 911 calls after scuffles broke out over rapidly dwindling supplies. the Gazette reported. Police were asked to step up patrols around convenience stores.
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