
WE NEED ICE - Explosion on the Railroad
July 5th, 1973 - A railcar sits on a spur of the Santa Fe Railroad. For about a month, it has served as a "holding tank" for 33,000 gallons of propane gas belonging to the nearby DOXOL Gas Plant.The time has come for DOXOL employees to retrieve the gas from the tanker to be stored at the plant. But, during the process of offloading the gas, something goes TERRIBLY wrong... The disaster KILLS 12, 11 who were firemen and MAIMS approximately 100 innocent citizens of the small town of Kingman, Arizona. This is the UNTOLD, TRUE STORY of the Kingman Arizona BLEVE of '73, with witness and expert accounts describing every flinching detail from the day of, to the weeks and months after the tragedy that forever changed Kingman, and the world.
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WE NEED ICE - Explosion on the Railroad
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BONUS – WITNESS TESTIMONIAL: Gloria Cole, Mary Stock – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story
Don Cole was the Kingman, AZ journalist who was at the site of the BLEVE in ‘73, on an assignment for what he thought was to report on the tanker fire that had erupted due to a gas leak near the DOXOL plant. But, then the BLEVE occurred just as...
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Episode 13
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BONUS – INTERVIEW: PART 2 – The Volunteer Firefighter Podcast – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story
Welcome back to We Need Ice Explosion on the railroad. We’re picking up with part 2 featuring The Volunteer Fire Fighter Podcast. The guys and I get a little deeper into the mental health aspect of fighting fires - what they see on duty and how...
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Episode 12
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BONUS – INTERVIEW: PART 1 – The Volunteer Firefighter Podcast – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story
In this episode, I collaborate with The Volunteer Fire Fighter Podcast hosts to discuss their responsibilities as active volunteer fireman and how their volunteerism gives them a connection to the ’73 Kingman BLEVE. The guys get into with...
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Episode 11
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BONUS – WITNESS TESTIMONIAL – Theresa Rounseville & Dennis Park – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story
A young man is riding his dirt bike to a job interview when he catches sight of the drama unfolding along the railroad. His curiosity peaks and he regretfully joins the crowd observing the hissing railcar on fire.Get to know Screenplay W...
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Episode 10
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BONUS – WITNESS TESTIMONIAL – Police Officer: Don Martin PART 2 – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story
In Part 2 of retired Kingman Police Officer Don Martin's witness he account, we make amazing connections between his story and the story I tell in episodes 1-7. It’s more proof that bringing this event to light is worth every, sometimes p...
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Episode 9
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