Administrators at the Bayer plant have released this statement defending their actions on the night of the explosion.

A company spokesperson says:

"We shared all available information with Metro 911 as that information became available over the course of the incident."

"The transcripts of the calls to Metro 911 which were released today represent only a portion of the communication between Bayer CropScience and emergency response officials during this event."

"A number of other contacts were made over the course of the event to the Office of Emergency Services, indicating the nature of the event and providing more details."

"Further, there were several county and state emergency services representatives present in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at the Bayer CropScience Institute site. These personnel had full access to all information pertaining to the incident."

"Also, when requested by Metro 911, we had two people from our site go to the mobile command center and had another liaison dispatched to the Metro 911 Operations Center on Corridor G."

"We fully support and count on the 911 system and, together with the media, we count on them to carry important messages to the public."

"We will continue to work with Metro 911 to improve our information flow. As part of this commitment, we will be actively participating with them in the critique next week."