Tanker Fire on Bolt Mountain Prompted Water Attack
Firefighters from Trap Hill, Lester, Coal River, Sophia and Upper Laurel fought a tanker fire on Bolt Mountain. About 8,000 gallons of water were used to douse the petroleum products, while Evergreen Environmental Management crews prevented runoff into nearby streams.
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Trap Hill
Lester
Coal River
Sophia
Upper
Laurel
Bolt Mountain
Evergreen Environmental Management
Tanker Fire on Bolt Mountain Halts Spill
A tanker carrying antifreeze motor oil diesel fuel and grease caught fire on Bolt Mountain at 4 45 pm. The driver Leslie Williamson fled the vehicle as firefighters from Trap Hill Lester Coal River Sophia and Upper Laurel contained the blaze with about 8000 gallons of water. Evergreen Environmental Management built a dam and pumped the material into drums and a tank to prevent 1000 gallons from entering nearby water. No injuries reported.
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Bolt Mountain
Leslie Williamson
Trap Hill
Lester
Coal River
Sophia
Upper
Laurel
Evergreen Environmental Management
Evergreen
John Starling
Unusual germs draw focus at infectious disease meeting
At the American Society for Microbiology conference in San Diego specialists review a growing list of emerging bugs. Babesia microti causes babesiosis a tick borne infection often misdiagnosed and potentially life threatening for the elderly and immunocompromised.
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San Diego
American Society For Microbiology
North America
Patricia Conrad
University of California, Davis
Northeast
Midwest
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