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Fire at Gasoline, Chemical Storage Facility Forces EvacuationAlbany, KY, United States
3/17/2000-
12:00 PM
The incident occurred at Wilson Gas and Bulk Plant.
By late in the afternoon a building fire had been put out, but four tanks each holding about 2,000 gallons of gasoline continued to burn, according to Ray Bowman, a spokesman for the state Division of Emergency Management.
An evacuation of an area within a 4,000 feet radius of the plant was directed after the fire started.
The plant stores gasoline, oil and toluene.
http://chemsafety.gov/circ/post.cfm?incident_id=4738
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