Flames and smoke erupted in a spectacular mushroom column when an explosion of 10,000 gallons of petrol spread a fire which menaced the town of Tolleson, Arizona, recently. Twenty-eight persons suffered burns and the oil plant, a grocery store, and service station were completely destroyed.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26791, 7 June 1948, Page 5
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45Flames and smoke erupted in a spectacular mushroom column when an explosion of 10,000 gallons of petrol spread a fire which menaced the town of Tolleson, Arizona, recently. Twenty-eight persons suffered burns and the oil plant, a grocery store, and service station were completely destroyed. Otago Daily Times, Issue 26791, 7 June 1948, Page 5
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