- Author
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Burke, R.
- Title
- Southwest Boulevard Fire: Kansas City Remembers a Tragedy.
- Journal
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Firehouse,
Vol. 34,
No. 12,
128-130,132,
December 2009
- Keywords
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storage
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storage tanks
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gasoline
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industrial plants
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flammable liquids
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fire fighters
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fire fatalities
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death
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fire pumps
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fire fighting vehicles
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refineries
- Identifiers
- Continental Oil Co., 2 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, KS, August 18, 1959; referred to by KMBC-TV reporter Charles Gray as "when all hell broke loose."