Auto Fire with Compressed Natural Gas ( CNG ) Fuel Tank Explosion

Auto Fire with Compressed Natural Gas ( CNG ) Fuel Tank Explosion - Revised by Operations Division, Fire Department, City of Seattle

Prepared By Operations Division
REVISED Version November 24, 2007

Incident #26564, March 26, 2007

• Dispatch 0230 hours for car fire (Engine 10).
  
• E10 arrived and requested FIB for multiple vehicles with possible structural exposures (freeway columns and overpasses).
  
• 12 vehicles damaged or destroyed.
  
• Firefighter near miss when CNG vehicle exploded as E10 crew approached with a handline (approximately 50-75’ away).
  
• Determined to be arson.