# Twin Cities Dopers: Huge pillar of smoke outside my office

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 11, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopers-huge-pillar-of-smoke-outside-my-office/376091 "2006-10-11T19:27:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopers-huge-pillar-of-smoke-outside-my-office/376091/1 "2006-10-11T19:27:00Z")

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Hmm. I work in a highrise near the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN. Everyone on our floor has been noticing and commenting on a huge pillar of smoke rising from the ground east of here. Any idea what’s going on, Twin Cities Dopers?

It’s making everyone a little uneasy, being close to the airport and hearing about the small plane that crashed in New York.

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**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopers-huge-pillar-of-smoke-outside-my-office/376091/2 "2006-10-11T19:31:06Z")

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Local TV is reporting an industrial park fire in St. Paul. Could that be it?

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**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopers-huge-pillar-of-smoke-outside-my-office/376091/3 "2006-10-11T19:33:27Z")

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Yup, that’s probably it. Thanks (no TV or radio here, so I was trying to find stuff on The Internets)!

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**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopers-huge-pillar-of-smoke-outside-my-office/376091/4 "2006-10-11T19:50:06Z")

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Wow, you must be in the same office building I am. I can see the smoke, but not the source.

According to [KSTP](http://www.kstp.com/) , there is a fire at Epoxical, in South Saint Paul.

They may be evacuating people from the area.

Eli

PS, which building are you in?