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Monday, April 23, 2012

HOLDER OIL - 2012

 



Photos courtesy of Spingfield Fire Lt. Dave Allis

April 19, 2012 was a dark day in Clark County, Ohio.

"More than 50 agencies responded — including every fire department in Clark County — to the fire at the R.D. Holder Oil Co., 2219 Folk Ream Road,
" according to the Dayton Daily News.

The Springfield Fire Rescue Division sent Hazmat 1, operated jointly with the county.

"The blaze produced flames that shot 200 feet up, black smoke could be seen as far away as Dayton and Butler County, and the plume even showed up on weather radar," the newspaper reported