This bronze plaque that’s located in Firefighter Memorial Park in Kingman, AZ, lists the 11 firefighters who were killed on July 5, 1973, when a leak from a propane rail car resulted in a BLEVE.

Robert Burke details the memorial service on the 35th anniversary of the Kingman, AZ ... As the firefighters went to get the hose, a BLEVE (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion) occurred ...

Prior to the Yarnell wildfire of 2013, the Kingman incident was the worst firefighting disaster in Arizona history. For more information about BLEVE incidents, check out Fire Engineering’s ...