[TowerTalk] Historic Propane Disastor in my Hometown (OT)

[Les Kalmus]

Me too. I have seen photos of this sort of thing in training but none 
were this bad.



doc wrote:
>> I was 13 years old when this event occurred (1973)......... In 74 I got 
>> my first ham license.
>>
>> At age 33 I became a firefighter for Kingman Fire Dept.  Several of the 
>> Firefighters I worked with were the sons of those killed in this explosion.
>>
>> The current Chief of Kingman Fire Dept was a new volunteer in 1973 and 
>> was 18 years old.   He never forgot what he witnessed that day and 
>> became an oustanding leader of safe firefighting operations for Kingman 
>> Fire Department.  It was a wonderful experience to work under his 
>> leadership..... one of the best things I have done in my life.
>>
>> http://azkrmc.com/education/history/stockton1.htm
>> (page down to July5th  1973)
>>
>> -Dave NN5K
>>     
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> Wow!  Thanks for sharing that.
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> Had me in tears, what an awful event.
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