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Fire, memory spurs Aiken fire chief recollection
Carlisle Tire and Wheel plant blaze prompts Aiken Public Safety Director J Carrol Busbee to recall a 1953 Jones Electric gas explosion in downtown Aiken that killed 10 and collapsed five buildings. He links emergency crews then and now, noting community response and family worry during the two disasters.
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Carlisle Tire and Wheel Co
Aiken Department of Public Safety
J. Carrol Busbee
Busbee
Carlisle
Aiken
Jones Electric Co
Laurens Street
Japan
O’brien
the Stars and Stripes
Carrol
South Carolina
Blake
Aiken County
Savannah River