I just happened by this on the way to work about 3 hours after a storm passed through. The fire department has almost extinguished the fire, but you can see that it was a big one. Notice that the top of the tank looks like it was blown off. I sure wouldn’t want one of these things near my house or school or church or…
I called the paper immediately thinking that they might want to report on it. Their response was that this happens often when storms go through. Not kidding.
KRLD is reporting.
Severe thunderstorms dumping fierce rain and vivid lightning are rumbling across north Texas this morning. Crude oil tanks are on fire in Wise County, possibly due to lightning strikes but police and firefighters are not sure, right now. The Wise County Sheriff’s Office says at least one tank battery is in flames in the northeast part of the county
So, maybe there are others
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must have been a good show out there on the prairie. first time that happens in a fw neighborhood mike moncrief might get tarred and feathered.
Why it’s just SAAAALLLLT WAAAAATER according to the RRC. Salt water burns in Texas!!! Salt water has burned in Booger County!!
Must have been a terrorist attack. We blame them for everything else….
Keep up the very necessary work, Sharon. Or the first time one of these blows in the middle of the city, we’ll invade another country in retaliation.