prince georges county busy evacuating a strip mall in forestville, maryland. a camera on board a fire truck shows two firefighters walking in front of the building when suddenly, it explodes. the powerful blast blows out several storefronts and causes the ceiling to collapse on to firefighters still inside. other rescue workers rush to aid those caught in the fireball. i know i had injured firefighters down on the ground that were clearly hurt, laying in front of me. battalion chief kenneth mcswain isn t sure how bad the injuries are, or if any in his company are missing. after the explosion, we were definitely unsure whether or not everyone was accounted for. that was probably the longest minute to two minutes of my career.
killed, yes. i do. an investigation by the u.s. chemical safety board finds the explosion is the result of a burst pipe that sprays hydrogen gas on to a nearby heater. the refinery is shut down after the explosion, but reopens several months later. may 7, 2009. a gas leak has firefighters from prince georges county busy evacuating a strip mall in forestville, maryland. a camera on board a fire truck shows two firefighters walking in front of the building when suddenly, it explodes. the powerful blast blows out several storefronts and causes the ceiling to collapse on to firefighters still inside. other rescue workers rush to aid those caught in the fireball. i know i had injured firefighters down on the ground that were clearly hurt, laying in front of me. battalion chief kenneth mcswain isn t sure how bad the injuries are, or if any in his company are missing. after the explosion, we were definitely unsure whether or not everyone was accounted for. that was probably the longes
linda wood lives a mile from the refinery. the shock wave is so intense, it makes her home uninhabitable. it s not the first time the processing facility has exploded. this is the fifth time it s blown up in the six years i ve been here. it takes five months for woods home to be repaired, but she feels lucky that she wasn t there when it s blown apart. i think that i could have been seriously injured or killed, yes. i do. an investigation by the u.s. chemical safety board finds the explosion is the result of a burst pipe that sprays hydrogen gas on to a nearby heater. the refinery is shut down after the explosion, but reopens several months later. may 7, 2009. a gas leak has firefighters from prince georges county busy evacuating a strip mall in forestville, maryland. a camera on board a fire truck shows two firefighters walking in front of the building when suddenly, it explodes.
of this year, and the government can t come up with cutting 2.4% which is minuscule difference and we re not really talking about cuts, we re talking about slowed growth. we re talking about when we had the levels where we could live within our means in 2008 and a lot of the numbers and a lot of the programs, too, are jointly administered by the state ap the federal government. the federal government s only responsible for something like 10% of funding in most schools. and the president had behind him prince georges county first responders didn t he, when he made the announcement? that s another name for the syndrome, they call it firemen first, you bring out the dire scenario possible. but the federal government funds don t pay for the firefighters in prince georges county, i thought the state of maryland did, or prince georges county. they do see some federal funding, but primarily controlled by state and local government. by the way, state and local governments are not exactly
more of taxes, the beginning of this year, and the government can t come up with cutting 2.4% which is minuscule difference and we re not really talking about cuts, we re talking about slowed growth. we re talking about when we had the levels where we could live within our means in 2008 and a lot of the numbers and a lot of the programs, too, are jointly administered by the state ap the federal government. the federal government s only responsible for something like 10% of funding in most schools. and the president had behind him prince georges county first responders didn t he, when he made the announcement? that s another name for the syndrome, they call it firemen first, you bring out the dire scenario possible. but the federal government funds don t pay for the firefighters in prince georges county, i thought the state of maryland did, or prince georges county. they do see some federal funding, but primarily controlled by state and local government. by the way, state and loca