I woke up with the sight of billowing black smoke rising towards the sky. I was so oblivious about what happened and all I thought was to get my camera and take some photos. Apparently, the warehouse of a local paint factory near our place caught fire at around 2:00 AM. Judging from the black smoke, the fire is still raging as I took these photos.
I shared one photo in my IG stories and @glecerioberto replied that the fire was already in control, but they had to let it continue to burn to exhaust all the solvents in that warehouse. Fires caused by solvents and paint raw materials could not be easily extinguished by ordinary water anyway, so they don't have much of a choice. As I was drafting this post, there's still a little bit of smoke from the site and it's already 15 hours after the first alarm.
I hope the houses near the warehouse were spared as there was not much information yet about the fire. There were stories though that the people in the area are on the road now as they are evacuating from the fire. Considering the pandemic, I hope they're okay and they can immediately cope up if ever there were houses got caught with the fire. I'll be monitoring this and consider options to help.
Now for the drama of this post, I rarely upload something like this. As with the title of this post, I was just wondering if there's a boundary between the smoke and the clouds. If there is, I wonder what happens in the mixing layer. I understand that clouds of dust and particulate matters serve as nucleation sites in water condensation and cloud formation. Since it's no ordinary dust, I'm sure the rain in the coming days would be contaminated by the smoke from that fire. As if the city rain is not contaminated enough. 🙈
As the smoke is being carried away by the wind, it became difficult to determine the boundary between the smoke and the clouds. The black smoke seemed to have penetrated the clouds nearby and became one with the dark clouds further away.
How about you? What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you see these photos? Would be interesting to know them. All I can think about was the pollution, its dilution process, and how it might affect the area.
I guess that's all for this very random post. See you on the next one! I think it should be about the last part of my Maribago Bluewater Resort and Spa series. It's has been long overdue. Thank you so much for the continuing support!
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Boundaries: Where Smoke Ends and Clouds Begin | Ecency
@glecerioberto replied that the fire was already in control, but they had to let it continue to burn to exhaust all the solvents in that warehouse. Fires caused by solvents and paint raw materials could not be easily extinguished by ordinary water anyway, so they don't have much of a choice. As I was drafting this post, there's still a little bit of smoke from the site and it's already 15 hours after the first alarm.
