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Tanker truck carrying crude oil catches fire near AirdromeGarden City KS

audio iconFire & Arson
US-50, Garden City, KS

A tanker truck carrying crude oil caught fire near Airdrome east of Highway 50 in Garden City, Kansas. Flames and smoke were visible from the vehicle. Fire units responded to extinguish the fire on the truck's cab and tank area.

Audio|Source: Southwest Kansas Counties Sheriff and Fire, Highway Patrol Troop E
03:56
Transcript:
00:00
I see, I have flames and smoke. You'll be east of the 50 on Airdrome.
00:09
In 31 is in Chicago,
00:13
North on 87 Kansas Tad, (number withheld).
00:22
16-20. Okay.
00:32
Vehicle the salt tanker had a tank battery engine cab here to be fully in gold.
00:42
direct
00:46
From east Kansas road and follow up.
00:50
yeah
00:52
I do
00:59
Can you advise that it is logged with crude oil?
01:05
Sure.
01:11
The responding unit's deputy on seeing advice it's going to be a salt taker with a battery loaded with crude oil.
01:22
To the fire, it's on the cab, it's part of the assembly on the rear with the tank.
01:28
Stand by Colorado Commercial.
01:31
19, how it's 22.
01:33
Break.
01:35
You have (number withheld).
01:43
(number withheld).
01:52
Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
02:05
Boy, Lincoln, David, George, 5-0.
02:07
I can't work.
02:12
I want to you to advise wind direction, sweet.
02:19
Be 1012 with the individual to the Pratt County line. You might let Pratt County know.
02:29
38 to Bryant.
02:37
Have a fire over your way. I just need a bunch of fire trucks shoot by me.
02:43
Uh,
02:48
yeah,
02:49
looks like on their north side I see a little fire.
02:54
Yeah, I see it right behind the red barn.
03:03
Do you want to go to the medians over there by T&A or do you want to do Business 83?
03:18
Whatever,
03:19
if you're done, you can go on whatever you want and I'll do the other one.
03:23
Okay, I wasn't sure if you've done business before.
03:26
I'm going to let you do it so you can get a chance to get over there.
03:33
Yeah, let me do business.
03:35
I haven't done it before.
03:38
We'll go ahead and shoot the business then.
03:41
I've got probably another 20 minutes there.
03:52
We have a vehicle fire, and we'll be extinguishing.

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US-50, Garden City, KS

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