News Briefs: Water Plant's Black Plume of Carbon Alarms Area Residents

Residents in Parker, Colorado, were calling 911 after spotting a black cloud of smoke coming out of the city’s water treatment plant — but it was determined by firefighters to be a routine procedure.Specifically, it sounds like it was an activated carbon process that had residents on high alert. Read more about it and watch a video in this Twitter post by South Metro Fire Rescue:Crews responded to a water treatment plant on Heirloom Pkwy in Parker. Originally classified as a working commercial structure fire, due to heavy black smoke. Upon investigation, this is a normal and safe operation using activated