Tanker Rollover

[FireMedic712]

Skiatook Fire 154.325mhz

King 605 requesting skiatook fire for a tanker truck rollover 6 miles north of Avant on State Hwy 11.

Skiatook 311 is command with a large tanker truck roll over.
The tanker is hauling cryogenic ethanol according to command.
Skiatook Medic 2, Engine 2, and Squad 1 on the assignment.

 

[FireMedic712]

They finally cleared this scene at around 0300 wednesday morning. The trailer could not be offloaded, thus it was picked up by a crane and placed on a lowboy and secured. Radio traffic included phrases such as "it's an 80,000 pound bomb" and "at least you have front row seats" . I did some research on cryogenic alcohols, and lets just say they're lucky there wasnt a rupture and the refridgeration unit continued to cool because it would have been one amazing bleve.

 

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scary isn't it?