Posted 6 years ago
dav2no1
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B & W Photo Of Tire Fire
Black and White photograph of Firefighters fighting a Large Tire Fire Circa 1980's.
The photo is 12 7/8" wide, and 10" tall.
With the matting it's about 18 1/2"wide and 16" tall.
Not sure where this is? Could be Virginia or since I'm in Washington State, its possible that its the 1984 Everett "Mount Firestone" fire?
Great Piece of firefighting memorabilia.
The smoke cloud on the left, kind of looks like an angry dog rushing towards you.
If you have any idea where this is and when it is... let me know thanks.
VIRGINIA
1983 – Seven million tires burned for nine months in Winchester, Virginia, polluting nearby areas with lead and arsenic. The location was cleaned up as a Superfund project from 1983 to 2002.
EVERETT
1984 – A pile estimated at four million tires, known locally as Mount Firestone, ignited in Everett, Washington, and burned for months as the fire department was unable to extinguish it.
September 24, 1984, four million used tires -- stored for recycling in Everett -- begin burning. Although fire officials expect to extinguish the blaze by day's end, it is too difficult to contain, and "Mount Firestone" makes national news as it continues to burn, smolder, and pollute until May 1985!
Stupid waste of valuable ressources. It must have been possible to get something useful out of them.
I can understand what your saying..
My uncle, for awhile had something to do with building playground toys out of old tires.
Horrific and wonderful at the same time. Good signs of great photos!
wow....
The picture of the great tire fire was just outside of Midland, Texas.
It was Between 1979 and 1980 that it was taken place.
The man to the right without the helmet helping carry the sprayer is My Dad, William (Bill) Craft.
There was another photo taken at this time as well with the silhouette of the fire fighters in front and the raging fire in the backdrop but we have not been able to find it.
I am interested in hearing more. I dont see any record of a fire anywhere near midland texas in that time frame? Nor is there any matching pictures similar to my photo? I've also searched your dad as a fire fighter with no results. I'd be happy to hear or see any information you may have.
I did also see someone stole my photo and used it for a gofundme. Pretty pathetic.
dave2no1,
"I did also see someone stole my photo and used it for a gofundme. Pretty pathetic."
I saw that. It's not just that it's rude considering that they're using it for "profit" (it IS rude to do that) it's that I can't understand the connection between their gofundme goal and your picture.