There were a couple of us hanging at the firehouse one evening just joking around haveing a good time just like any other evening. the toans droped a report of a truck fire in the county. well we filled the rescue and the tanker both going opisite ways both being equall in distance due to the fact that control wasnt sure of the exact location. wile enroute we encountered a hill that was covered in ice therefore we threw the chains on the truck so we could safely pass the area. this caused us to be last on scene. all of our guys on R64 were packed up and ready to go. arriving to the scene we found a ull sized rRam 1500 fully envolved. the fuel tank had already vented. E66's crew had already pulled a line and was doing primary attack on the vehicle. i took the nozzle since i was packed up and had my PPE on i was involved in fire supretion activities and between trying to keep the burning fuel running towards the creek out and trying to put the fre that was burning underneith the truck out i was reaching into the driver side fenderwell tring to get the fuel tank as cool as possible all of a sudden a loud explotion and a bright white flash is the last thing i remeber until a few seconds later i remeber being on my knees behind the pickup, from what i was told the fire blewout and surounded myself and the blast knockedme down. they also said the blast was hard enough it knocked items out of other firefighters hand that were out of the hot zone, one of the officers grabed me and and asked me if i was ok and i realized i had completly lost the hearing in my left ear and had a horrible headache. my cheif insisted on having me taken to the hospital and to get checked out. they found that my ear drum was busted and i had a concution from the blast. later i was told that it had appeared to be the driveshaft!?? we were all confused with what everyone saw the drive shaft was in two parts and the ends slit and mushroomed. none of us have ever heard of this happening. dose anyone know what would have made this happen??
http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=vie...&storyid=93107
http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=vie...&storyid=93107
Comment