[Les Paul]

When the plant I worked at blew I was on the emergency fire crew/brigade. After the first two explosions numerous lines with butane under high pressure were severed blowing material hundreds of feet in the year. All radios we used for communication were non functional. We had bunkered up anyway and gathered near the unit/area under fire. Our firewater monitor system that had a capacity of over 3 million gallons and was bolstered with fire monitors that were capable of shooting a 4 inch stream of water under 150lbs of pressure over 200 feet. As we got to the first monitor and opened it up a stream of water sputtered out looking like a little kid whizzing in the wind. The major 24 inch firewater suppression lines had been blown up in a supposed bomb proof containment bldg unfortunately right under the blast sight. As the flames got more intense and were shooting over 200 feet up in the air the abandon plant was finally given. Luckily the two remaining reactors with over 8,000 gallons each containing more or less liquid butane under 800lbs of pressure didn't blevy too. When they rebuilt the plant I made sure to get off that voluntary fire crew. So my initial luck of not getting killed in the initial blast then immolated trying to fight a no win fire left a pretty big impression on me and I understand how unlucky those poor guys are that were first responders.