Flames turned a biodiesel plant just outside of St. Cloud into rubble today, but no one was injured, Osceola County officials said.
The fire leveled a concrete building and a collection of fuel tanks along Nova Road, belonging to B&J Site Development and New Eden Energy LLC.
An Osceola County spokeswoman said that the plant housed 3,000 gallons of methanol, 500 gallons of sodium methane, 55 gallons of sulfuric acid and 4,000 gallons of biodiesel.
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel source that is created by chemically treating oil, fat or recycled restaurant grease, according to the National Biodiesel Board.
The recycled material is treated with alcohol or sodium methane which act as a catalyst during the treatment, according to a spokeswoman at the National Biodiesel Board.
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