PITCH-TAR TANKS ABLAZE.—Flames and black smoke billow from two pitch-tar tanks, each holding 15,000 gallons, during a big fire at the Portland Gas and Coke Company’s petrochemical plant at Portland, Oregon, on February 25. Twenty-five fire appliances, including three fireboats and a mechanical foam truck, and 125 men fought the flames. The firemen in the foreground are pouring water on two nearby tanks containing 100,000 gallons of highly inflammable benzol and motor-vehicle fuel which were threatened.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28530, 8 March 1958, Page 4
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76PITCH-TAR TANKS ABLAZE.—Flames and black smoke billow from two pitch-tar tanks, each holding 15,000 gallons, during a big fire at the Portland Gas and Coke Company’s petrochemical plant at Portland, Oregon, on February 25. Twenty-five fire appliances, including three fireboats and a mechanical foam truck, and 125 men fought the flames. The firemen in the foreground are pouring water on two nearby tanks containing 100,000 gallons of highly inflammable benzol and motor-vehicle fuel which were threatened. Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28530, 8 March 1958, Page 4
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