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CCTV Catches Tanker Ka-Boom
Lightning Storm in Area A TANDEM-TANKER WAS DROPPING GASOLINE at a Melbourne, Australia, convenience store Sunday night when it suddenly ka-boomed and started burning. The truck's driver was in the cab and he immediately bailed out, dashed away from the flaming fuel and did the stop-drop-roll maneuver putting out his burning clothing. The store's security cameras caught the unexplained ignition and the river of burning fuel that followed the event: The fuel started running down the street toward a nearby hotel, setting two parked cars afire as it traveled
Koblenz – Safe Again
No Ka-Boom – Everybody Goes Back Home THE 2-TON BRITISH BOMB LAYING ON THE RHEIN RIVERBED in Koblenz, Germany, was successfully mitigated today and all 45,000 nearby residents have been given the all-clear to return to their homes, hospital wards and jail cells.
Koblenz – Safe Again (Updated)
No Ka-Boom – Everybody Goes Back Home Update, video interview added.
Koblenz Ka-Boom Prevention – Part 2
Bombs Are Exposed, Evacuation Has Begun Firegeezer note: This is a continuation of a story begun Friday about the defusing of more than 20 bombs and mines that were exposed in the River Rhein during a record-dry month in Germany. Preparations have been made to evacuate 45,000 residents, half the population of Koblenz while two vary dangerous mitigations take place on Sunday
Ka-Boom Prevention in Koblenz
Low Water Exposes Old Bombs AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF LITTLE RAIN, an extended drought in Germany has led to extremely low water levels in the rivers.
Updated – Third Alarm Pulled at Munitions Plant Fire in Pennsylvania
Updated Report SEVERAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE on the scene of a major fire at a security munitions plant in Jamestown, Pennsylvania. The Erie Times-News is reporting: The fire at Combined Tactical Systems, 388 Kinsman Road, near Jamestown, was dispatched at 7:23 a.m., according to Mercer County emergency dispatchers
The day after… turns out zombies get bored and hungry
Scenes from the Delaware County Ohio Zombie drill Delaware C ounty Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management zombie outbreak exercise. Delaware Gazette video by Andrew Tobias. Bored and Hungry Dave Tobias, a Delaware Gazette reporter, was imbedded with the zombie horde and provided a first person account of the event
Bug Bomb Fells 12 FF’s in New Jersey
A Case of Not Reading the Directions on the Can TWELVE JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, FIREFIGHTERS required transportation to the hospital Sunday morning after entering an apartment filled with poison aerosol from a “bug bomb.” The call was dispatched at 10:20 am when several phone calls were received reporting an explosion in an apartment. 129 Magnolia Ave. (Google Street View) When the first engine arrived at the large, 5-story apartment building, there was no answer at the door, so forced entry was made into the unit