Marple Branch II 1996

At the Marple Incident on Wednesday, August 28, 1996 at approximately 1430 hours, a situation occurred in Branch II, Division G. The Division G supervisor received second degree burns on his left ear and his vehicle was damaged on the left side. In addition, six hand-crews were forced to abandon their line construction assignment, and make an emergency exit to the Crew Carrier Vehicles (CCV). The upper most five crews were able reach their CCV in a timely manner. The sixth crew that was committed to the lowest point in the operations was impacted by heat and smoke on their exit and incurred flame impingement to their vehicle upon their exit. An unauthorized burn-out operation had taken place in Division E. The main fire spread was influenced by the burn-out operation. After the review, it is unclear if the burn-out operation caused Division G's "Close Call."