In May, the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General released areport was famously made into a movie in 1971, and a spinoff film from Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp, came out in 2005. Just mere seconds into the congressman's speech, there wasn't a dry eye in the house — including on stage — as Congressman Lewis recounted the dehumanization of being denied a library card as a child simply due to the color of his skin. The emotion of the evening was palpable because the project, which took eight years to go from being just an idea to landing on that stage receiving an award, was earning the accolades they'd hoped it would. The explosions prompted a plume of smoke and a fire. The firm that runs the plant plans to let the fire "burn itself out." On Wednesday, Arkema Group, one of the largest chemical companies in the world, had said that a fire was inevitable. A spokeswoman for the company told the Associated Press, "The fire will happen. It will resemble a gasoline fire. It will be explosive and intense in nature." Read more fromNBC News