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On October 6th, 1968, a $60,000 dollar
fire truck was engulfed in flames from a roaring oil field
tank fire located just west of Notrees. Captain F. B. Corbell said the blaze on a Cities
Service lease 4 miles west of Notrees and 14 miles South of
State Hwy 302 ( Kermit Hwy ) was apparently sparked by a
lightning strike from an electrical storm at about midnight.
When
firefighters first arrived at the scene shortly after 4:30
p.m., after an industrial firefighting company had already
unsuccessfully attempted to extinguish the flames. As
firefighters poured chemical mixture of firefighting foam on
the blaze, pressure built up within the tank. In a moments
notice, a tide of flaming oil spilled from the top of the
big tank and flowed across some 100 feet of ground engulfing
the fire engine # 810 and destroyed it. Fortunately Batt.
Chief F. B. Corbell and Captain Pop Hale and his crew along
with several oil field workers were able to run ahead of the
flaming oil to safety.
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