Why did EPA air monitors fail to detect an oil refinery explosion?

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By Emily PontecorvoDec 3, 2020, 3:55 am223 pts
In the summer of 2019, an explosion shook the largest oil refinery on the East Coast. Smoke filled the sky above the south Philadelphia neighborhood home to the plant. It was later reported that about 600,000 pounds of hydrocarbons burned in the incident. More than 5,000 pounds of hydrofluoric acid, a dangerous…

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