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Ethanol fire training event attracts interstate crowd
In Kansas, an ethanol fire prevention event, originally planned for local firefighters in Stirling, was expanded to a statewide event after firefighters from 29 Kansas counties indicated an interest in attending.
In all, 300 firefighters descended on the town for instruction in controlling four training fires that were set up in open burn tanks. Several types [...]
Ethanol train catches fire in Illinois, explosions, fire kills one, injures six
In Illinois, a 114-car Canadian National Railway ethanol train derailed in Rockford according to the Examiner, and at least 14 of the 74 cars loaded with ethanol caught fire and exploded.
A woman parked at a railway crossing was killed while six other locals were burned or injured. The local firefighters were unable to put out [...]
Ethanol tanker crashes in California, 8000 gallons create road-melting inferno
In California, an ethanol tanker crashed at the intersection between Interstate 710 and state highway 91, creating an 8,000 gallon fireball that killed the driver and causing 20 foot high fire plumes from a series of storm drains after the alcohol slipped into the storm drain system. The Long Beach Fire Department speculated that the [...]
Fire shutters largest US biodiesel plant; 105 Mgy GreenHunter plant in Texas suffers “less than 50K in damage”
In Texas, the 105 Mgy GreenHunter BioFuels biodiesel plant in Houston sustained damages in a fire, caused by a mechanical failure in a process heating unit. Damages from the fire were estimated by GreenHunter at less than $50,000 and the plant is expected to be offline for three days. The refinery was closed last year [...]
Badger State Ethanol catches fire; 65 firefighters control blaze after eight hours
In Wisconsin, Badger State Ethanol in Madison caught fire, and 65 firefighters were called in to control the blaze. It took eight hours to bring the fire under control, but no injuries were reported from the fire, which spread from the germ dryer and bagging processor to other equipment. The plant was substantially damaged.
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