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Incident Information:
Attachment Size Fuel Can Failure RLS.pdf (396.39 KB) 396.39 KB -
Location:
Texas -
Date:
05/13/2026 -
Incident Type:
Fuel Geyser -
Description:
On May 13 at 1330 hours, a crew of firefighters completed Wildland Fire Chainsaw RT 212 Operations. They were traveling back to staging when a loud pop was heard from the bed of their pickup truck. A can of premixed fuel had "popped" off its plastic spout and leaked fuel. Because this can was in a fuel bag, the spray was contained. Even so, leaked fuel was now in the truck bed.
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