Must see video: Explosion at Wichita building fire.
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SeanBlackPhotography's channel on YouTube caught a sizable explosion during a Wichita building fire. It appears to be from the fire yesterday morning that included a series of explosions that already had heavily damaged the metal building belonging to Hall Steel and Fabrication, Inc at 800 N. Wabash by the time firefighters arrived.
When fire crews arrived, several of the walls had already buckled because of the force of the blasts.
Tanks of acetylene, oxygen and propane inside the building were exploding from the intense heat and soon after they arrived, firefighters realized they had even more to worry about.
"We did have a lot of acetylene tanks stored right next to the building, and also some oxygen tanks and some forklift stuff," said Robert Wolfe, Wichita Fire Department Battalion Chief. "That was one of our main concerns to keep stuff cool because if that would have ignited it would have hit the other building on the other side."
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