First Responders work together with OEM and other agencies to manage the situation. Above Photos by Zach Killian
Right photo and below were taken across the road from the gravel pit where the breach took place. The fall garden (right) lost okra, turnip greens watermelons seen in the photo. The okra had new blooms less than a week later. Below is shown fish dead and trees blackened. Just a few hundred yards north on the road, the trees were unaffected. Photos by Larry Killian
NH3 Pipe Breach
At approximately 6:45 PM on Thursday evening, the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office received notice of a possible pipeline rupture in the 2300 block of County Road 26 near the city of Harrell, Arkansas. First arriving officers on the scene did in fact find that a pipeline carrying anhydrous ammonia (NH3 ) had been breached and the product was leaking.