Incident Report Subject: US – Lightning Strikes Oil Tank Battery Date of Email report: Tue 25/06/2013 Report Detail:
These structures have a strong tendency of being a lightning attractant. Shortly before nine o’clock June 24th 2013 that’s exactly what happened in northern Stafford County. An oil tank battery located a quarter mile south of 170th Street – just west of Highway 281 – was struck by lightning. The photo of the fire was taken shortly after fire-fighters arrived on scene. Fire-fighters from three stations responded to the fire. The fire-fighters cooled the perimeter to prevent the surrounding grassland from igniting. Once the fire had burned down to an extinguishable level they applied a blanket of foam to the battery. Fire-fighters remained on scene for two hours. Additional Documentation: Related video of similar in 2012
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