Propane tanks exploded and shrapnel shot up into the air. Nearby homes were evacuated.
“At one point the captain came up to me, maybe about 3 o’clock this morning, and said ‘I think you’re going to lose your house,’ ” Dykes said. “It was so hot on the back side here.”
Allen said a metal fence saved the day. “They had that 8 foot tall metal fence – and once we could get the fire burned down below that level it helped tremendously,” he said.Her passion for journalism began in elementary school. For a 5th grade graduation memory book, she was asked what do you want to be when you grow up?...
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