BIG OIL FIRE.
CAUSED BY LIGHTNING. NEW YORK, April 7. Latest estimates of the loss in connection with the oil fire at ban Luis Obispo, a seaport of California and the chief oil expert centre, are placed at 10,000,000 dollars. The fire started when lightning struck a huge underground concrete tank. Four tanks are now burning, making probably the largest conflagration ever experienced on the United States oilfields. If the barricades now being built fail to check the spread of the flaming liquid, the company s officials say that nothing can save the remaining tanks. —A. and N.Z. cable.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS
FLAMES FOUR HUNDRED FEET HIGH. Received April 9 12.15 p.in. VANCOUVER, April 8. The fir© continues at San Luis Obispo. It is described as the greatest oil fire in history. Terrific explosions are occurring and the flames are reaching 400 feet in the air. Eight tanks, containing nearly a million gallons of oil each, aro nowburning. An area of 25 miles in dia!moter is oil soaked.. Farms, villages and country homes arc ruined. The fire attracted visitors from all parts of California. The adjoining town of Aina lias been abandoned because it has been spoiled by the oil soaked cinders. Five tanker steamers are rushing to San Luis Obispo, hoping to be able to pump some, of the remaining millions of barrels from tbo underground pools : otherwise the fire will spread and all these will explode or burn.—A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 110, 9 April 1926, Page 7
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