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Frozen Hoses, 300-Foot Fireballs: How a Town Survived BLEVE Chaos
Frozen Hoses, 300-Foot Fireballs: How a Town Survived BLEVE Chaos
Cold that turns water to ice and tank cars that can blow in ninety minutes - a town of about 2,300 people watched 300-foot fireballs that were visible thirteen miles away while hoses froze at 10°F. How did Weyauwega avoid mass casualties when BLEVE was counting down?
In this episode, we follow the March 4, 1996 derailment in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, the immediate response by local and mutual aid fire departments, and the decisions made under a ticking ninety-minute danger window - could a small town outrun a boiling liquid…
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