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It'SorbiiMbaidbeedthel ano mention of he ultimatum nentt *Welder's Rod Blamed In Fatal Silo BlazeashaelelpijthMi-TlCt0 nlent1 of:yr-lishtheSSnictrtiis:on-WASHINGTON lAP) -TheAir Force officially released its report Friday on the cause of a Titan 11 silo fire that claimed the lives of 53 civilians lastmonth A welder’s electric rod touched an oil line The Air Force said the welder was among those killed Arkansas’ congressional delegation was previewed on the report Thursday Air Force Secretary Eugene M Zuckert made the report public He said the welder apparently touched the line in the silo accidentally on the second of seven levels in the underground complex The silo, four miles south of Pangburn. was being remodeled by a crew of 55, civilians. Two—Gary Wayne Lane and Herbert Saunders—escaped with bumsThe report said that when thewelding rod touched the high-pressure hose, it erupted andflash fire resulted from spewinghy draulic oil'The fire spread immediatelyto the electrical distribution system. cutting off all power, causing the light system to fail, slopping the elevator between the fifth and sixth levels, and knocking out the ventilating systemFire and lack of ventilation, Zuckert said, resulted in heavy smoke and complete dissipation of oxygen He said the chief cause of death was lack of oxygen and carbon monoxide poisoning.Nine Air Force men—the crew of the silo and some technicians—were in the control center of the silo, some dMaaee away, and were not injured, thereport tikiModification on SI IHm IImissile systemspending the report tion of 21 other attoe hid completed before the
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El Dorado Times
El Dorado, Arkansas, US
Sat, Sep 18, 1965
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