blown off prior to our arrival. we had some smoke coming out of the manhole. it seemed like a pretty cut and dried routine call. captain wolf and his team, engineer ken buchanan, firefighter cameron boyle, look for the source of the smoke. we really can t identify what is on fire. it kind of seems like it s down underneath the manhole. captain wolf and firefighter boyle lean in for a closer look. i turn on my flashlight to see anything down there that s burning. and that s when it exploded. it was just a bright flash that came up. it almost felt like a wave. and it kind of brought my arms up. and spun me around. the explosion knocks captain wolf back. all s i remember is just a noise and then a ringing. and bright light, electrical smell kind of thing. i woke up in the bushes and i remember the first thing i did was i checked because my face was on fire and it felt like my hands were burnt. first thing i did was make sure i have fingers left. they still don t know what
as they pass the manhole the hole went off again. watch as the force of the blast barely misses hitting officer wombach in the face. unfazed, firefighter boyle finds a stunned captain wolf. i was so dazed and confused trying to come what happened? and the percussive my head from the ringing. it was a headache times ten that i ve ever had in my life. the captain is pulled away. but whatever is going on underground is still a threat. the manhole erupts again. everyone makes it safely away before the last blast. it was such a rush with everything going on. it happened so quickly. that you didn t really have time
last blast. it was such a rush. everything happened so quickly. you don t have time to think. you re trying to get the firefighter out of there. when gas workers arrive on the scene, officer sue learns is cause of explosions. i spoke to the supervisor. he said there s a type of short that happened down in the vault. what was going on was the main power was sending surges, test surges to the lines. that was causing the explosions. the vault is an underground box that how has electrical equipment. captain wolf and firefighter boyle are transported to the hospital and treated for first and second degree burns to their heads and hands. within a few weeks, they are back to work. if we weren t using protective gear, we would have injured a lot more. burns would have been a lot worse to our body. a lot of guys have even said we don t know how you re alive right now. expect the unexpected.
call. captain buchanon and firefighter boyle look for source of the smoke. we can t identify what is on fire. seems like it s down underneath the hole. the captain and firefighter lean in for a closer look. i turn on my flashlight to see if anything is burning. that s when it exploded it was just a bright flash that came up. it almost felt like a wave. it kind of brought my arms up. then spun me around. the explosion knocks captain wolf back. all i remember is just a noise and then a ringing. you know, bright light, electrical smell kind of thing. i woke up in the bushes and remember the first thing i did was checked because my face was on fire. it felt like my hands were
we really can t identify what is on fire. it kind of seems like it s down underneath the manhole. captain wolf and firefighter boyle lean in for a closer look. i turn on my flashlight to see anything down there that s burning. and that s when it exploded. it was just a bright flash that came up. it almost felt like a wave. and it kind of brought my arms up. and spun me around. the explosion knocks captain wolf back. all s i remember is just a noise and then a ringing. and bright light, electrical smell kind of thing. i woke up in the bushes and i remember the first thing i did was i checked because my face was on fire and it felt like my hands were burnt. first thing i did was make sure i have fingers left. they still don t know what s burning.