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RAYMOND A. GUIDI Vico President Manufacturing Eng.ncoring HELENA Chemical Company SUITE 2900-CUHK TOWER 6100 POPLAR AVENUE MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38137 dJCCCmbCA 17, 1973 PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT I,fa. M. S. Ho nig Operations Re.pA.&>entatlve - Formulations Shell Chemical Company 1401 Cagi'J Canyon Road Son Ramon, CaJUL{oKn.La. 945S3 Dear liort ' LAM 027534 This Is to confirm ovJi telephone conversation ofc a &eio momen-ti ago. flease ac{,ca to Bab EIlls's memo c* Vecember 4, 1973 addressed to me.. On K'ovrnSer 2o^~T9T$, a~smoldering*i'Uie'ot: "the VeA t-iolnes Sadex grinding facility Abutted In the. loss o'0 41, ISO pounds o{, product. This material was Zn the. vasUcuA blender5 and packaging hoppeA. In oAdea to svtifitly extinguish the. lire, T ordered the plant manager to faced the entire system with water which was Introduced through the. t'Jeter Zina, connected directly to these units. The water p-roduct sZu'Aij nos washed over the faoor and onto the rallecc.d siding mahuig Jit In^e-.slble to aecovcA the 5ladcx'S. TIiZa decision aas taken so as to avoid excessive leading o<j the equipment and stAuct.uAc which may have resulted In equipment damage. k'faer. the fare was extinguished and the equipment examined, nrinlmal mechanical damage was faund. It Is oua opinion that the {Ire may have stouted In a mill possibly {rem tramp metal In the iced material; since the metal acaccjia were torn. Oua lnvcstl.ga.tlon Aeveals no negligence on the pant Oq Hclcrua Chemical Company. Since the materials {tuailshed {or oua processing do not change title, Kcleia does not assume responsibility {or same, and does not. Insure {or this type o{ loss. We, therefore, Z.ook to Shell Chemical Company to assume responsibility {or the loss Incurficd. Youaa very truly, ABS-009789