Let’s open door 19
Rhodia removed barrels in May 2009, which they had added to the lake supposedly to deter swans from landing.
On 25/5/09 on a very hot bank holiday Monday they inexplicably caught fire needing the attendance of West Midlands Fire service. Though Rhodia tried to claim that this had started due to “a grass fire” there was no evidence of this. It is more likely that sediment on the barrels containing white phosphorus had fully dried out and spontaneously ignited what it was in contact with.
This alerted residents to the issues on the lagoon.