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« on: May 18, 2012, 10:09:23 am »

5/17/12

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities in Southern California are investigating what appears to be the spontaneous combustion of rocks scooped from a San Clemente Beach that left a woman with third-degree burns.

Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Marc Stone tells City News Service the woman's children collected the rocks Saturday and she tucked them into her pocket.

Stone says at some point the rocks caught fire, burning the woman's right thigh and knee.

Her husband also suffered second-degree burns to his hand trying to put out the flames.

Authorities didn't provide any details about what would have caused the rocks to ignite. Stone says it should take health authorities a week to complete their investigation.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2012, 11:22:21 am »

Immediately thought of white phosphorus (willie pete) then saw this. Rocks came from San Onofre State Beach

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The Orange County Health Care Agency was called in to examine two of the rocks, one of which was large and gray with orange streaks and another an emerald color also flecked with orange. Tests revealed a "phosphorous substance" on the rocks, which have been sent to a state laboratory for further testing, said Tricia Landquist, an agency spokeswoman.

Andrew Borovik, a professor of chemistry at UC Irvine, said phosphorus can remain stable under water and then can ignite once it touches the air. But he said he was unsure how the phosphorous substance could become part of a rock.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/cause-of-rocks-igniting-in-oc-womans-pocket-remains-a-mystery.html

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The beach where the rocks were found is near the Camp Pendleton Marine base and an offshore island used as a live firing range. A nuclear power plant is also in the vicinity.
http://journalstar.com/news/national/phosphorous-may-have-been-on-hot-beach-rocks-in-ca/article_34d9246d-5776-5155-82a7-a6e692a944d6.html


There will be no liability or cleanup.
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2012, 02:26:38 pm »

Good catch tennis!

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is near the Camp Pendleton Marine base and an offshore island used as a live firing range.

Enough said.
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2012, 04:47:20 pm »

EPA doesn’t list anything in the area as a site. San Clemente Island is a known USN live fire facility. I’ve seen maps of rather large water ranges in that area also. White phosphorus needs oxygen to burn off. In fact, according to several websites, it’s normally stored in water for this reason.

Here’s an example of remediation techniques already used for clean up:

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 A military base’s munitions use led to a buildup of white phosphorus particles in the sediments of Eagle River Flats (ERF), causing a high mortality rate in transient waterfowl populations. Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) placed the ERF on Alaska’s 1996 and 1998 Clean Water Act section 303(d) lists of impaired waters because it violated the toxic and other deleterious organic and inorganic substances water quality standard. Based on EPA’s approval of the U.S. Army’s restoration plan through Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), ADEC moved this water to Category 4b (“impaired water with other pollution controls”) in its 2002 Integrated Report. To restore the ERF, the U.S. Army seasonally drained the marsh and capped the polluted sediment layer to reduce saturation of the soil and increase soil temperature. These actions helped to successfully sublimate the white phosphorus (change it from a solid to a gaseous state) and render it harmless to the local waterfowl populations.

http://www.epa.gov/owow/NPS/success/state/pdf/ak_eagleriver.pdf


Found this too.

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In water, white phosphorus will not be reacting with other particles quickly as it does in soil and air and as a result it accumulates in the bodies of aquatic organisms, both plant and animal species. In soil phosphorus can remain for several days before it is converted into less harmful substances naturally by normal chemical processes. In deep soils however, and the bottom of rivers and lakes phosphorus may remain for a thousand years or so.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_main_storage_pool_for_phosphorus


Since the ocean can’t be drained, this may prove problematic for remediation. Can’t wait to hear about “mysterious” spontaneously combusting fish and seaweed.
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