The Local Dangers We Don't See......

We all view things through our life experiences and training. Recently my fire training has me looking at things from a firefighters view.

As I went through BLEVE or Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion training a few weeks ago I realized the danger posed by the numerous accidents and the huge propane tank at US-93 and Pierce Ferry Rd.

If there was a fire threatening that huge propane tank the evacuation area is suggested to be one mile in all directions. If you think something like this can't happen here, it can, and it has.

It was almost 45 years ago on July 5, 1973 that a propane tank car being off-loaded in Kingman, AZ, caught fire, resulting in a BLEVE or boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion. On that day 11 Kingman firefighters and one civilian were killed. This was the worst firefighter tragedy in Arizona until 2013 when 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighters were killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire.

In case something like this happens local people need to know how to react. Evacuate do not become a spectator and causality, run....

The propane tank in this example is like people have at home, it's nothing like the huge propane tank at US-93 and Pierce Ferry Rd.

EVERYONE needs to see this video for your safety and that of friends and family Example of a BLEVE  The really scary part of the video is at the beginning of the video, and again eight minute and 30 seconds in, it's a propane tank like everyone has at home.... and it's devastating...

Another video Only known video of the 1973 Kingman BLEVE

Be Safe.....