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    Posted 4 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!

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    Comments

    1. Golgatha Golgatha, 4 years ago
      Stupid waste of valuable ressources. It must have been possible to get something useful out of them.
    2. dav2no1 dav2no1, 4 years ago
      I can understand what your saying..

      My uncle, for awhile had something to do with building playground toys out of old tires.
    3. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 4 years ago
      Horrific and wonderful at the same time. Good signs of great photos!
    4. Amare, 3 years ago
      wow....

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