Three firefighters were injured by unforgiving terrain while battling a wildfire in the San Bernardino Mountains on Monday, officials said. The Green fire was reported shortly before 5:45 p.m. on a steep slope along Highway 38 near Mountain Home Village. Within an hour and a half, a San Bernardino County firefighter suffered a terrain-related injury...Read More
Conflagration Sweeps Several Blocks of City Following Explosions at Manufacturing Plant Killing Ten Persons including One Firefighter – R. M. Hollingshead Corporation Fire – Camden, New Jersey – July 30, 1940 On July 30, 1940, a fire following a series of explosions in the R. M. Hollingshead Corporation plant in Camden, New Jersey quickly assumed...Read More
Nineteen Firefighters Killed During Oil Refinery Fire – Shamrock Oil Refinery Fire & Explosion – Sunray, Texas – July 29, 1956 On July 29, 1956, a large spherical tank of liquid flammable gas exploded during a fire at an oil refinery and storage facility near the Northern Texas community of Sunray. A 15,000-barrel pumpkin-shaped spheroid...Read More
