BioFuel of Tennessee biodiesel plant burns to ground

In Tennessee, the BioFuel of Tennessee biodiesel plant in Decatur County burned down in a fire that followed an explosion on the site. No fatalities or injuries were reported. The plant, which was awaiting conversion to glycerine production, lost all its existing stocks of biodiesel, sodium hydroxide, methanol and glycerine.

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