Tanker Fire Shuts Down Route 220 in Downtown Roanoke

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Tanker Fire Shuts Down Route 220 in Downtown Roanoke

Tanker Fire in Roanoke. More on VAFireNews.com.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Cool photo angle. Bet that tanker was really going before you got there.; 12:06 PM
Anonymous said...: No disrespect, but did someone say this was the biggest fire anyone has ever seen in the city.; 4:35 PM
Anonymous said...: Yep, heard that from a few people, including a Batt Chief. I think the commment was the MOST fire, not the biggest...as in size of the building.; 6:42 AM
Anonymous said...: Cool Post! You guys would probably be interested in this story on the Pitch website. It is about KCK fire dept defending one of their own after a really awful crash involving one a firetruck and a driver. It is a pretty good story, here is the link if you want to check it out...www.pitch.com.; 1:56 PM

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