North Division Street explosion
- North Division Street explosion
The North Division Street explosion was a powerful explosion on December 27, 1983 in a warehouse at the intersection of North Division and Grosvenor Streets in Buffalo, New York. The building contained an illegal 500-gallon propane tank whose valve was broken off while it was being moved and the building was evacuated. The propane started to leak and eventually reached an open flame. The tank exploded, killing all five firefighters assigned to Ladder 5 and two civilians; and damaging a dozen city blocks and causing millions of dollars of damage in fire equipment.
External links
* [http://www.firehouse.com/worcester/list.html Major Multi-Firefighter Fatal U.S. Fires Since 1960] See also [http://www.firehouse.com/news/2001/6/17_fdny_list.html]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E5D71238F932A35752C0A962948260 Devastation in Buffalo]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E7DD163BF935A15752C0A962948260 Buffalo Blast Claims 7th Victim]
* [http://soistudent.sis.buffalo.edu/lis563/faq.html The Buffalo Fire Historical Society] - has special collection on the blast
* [http://www.wnybows.org/Rules___Interp_s/Colpoys/colpoys.html 1983 Buffalo Blast Killed Five Firefighters, Two Civilians and Injured Many] by Mike Lombardo
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