Firefighters battle Gulf refinery blaze in Philadelphia
A vast oil fire at a Gulf refinery killed six firefighters and left one large naphtha storage tank burning. Crews, including a Gulf worker in a rowboat, shut a valve amid 700 degree heat as the fire raged for 36 hours. The blaze caused over 10 million dollars in damage and tied up the Penrose Avenue Bridge.
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Philadelphia
Gulf Oil Co
Gulf
Joseph Rizzo
Penrose Avenue
International Airport
Harry “Butch” Kofk
Rizzo
Tom Brennan
Zoning Board Grants Special Exceptions and Delays
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved several special exceptions Monday night including White Petroleum for a new gas pump island at 555 S.R. 108 Bypass and Opal Huffman to run a home beauty shop at 1333 W. Second St. Other actions included ATA Inc. winning a reversal of a Planning Director decision on a fence around an outside storage area at 2302 Pearl St. Continuances were granted for Rex Ecoff and Joe McGranahan sites at 3724 Columbus Ave. and 1004 E. 38th St, and for Billie and Patricia Saxon at 1 Saxon Pla to finish a development plan in 60 days.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
ATA Inc
Pearl St
Don McCarty
James Melson
ATA
Jack Trick
White Petroleum Company
S.R. 108
White
Thomas Newman
Opal Huffman
Second St
Huffman
al Woolbert
Rex Ecoff
Joe McGranahan
Columbus Ave
E. 38H St
Newman
Billie
Patricia Saxon
Saxon Pla
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