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s _$ Six Stockt i R � on fi.l fi It caugl � n e . Iosi i Sjk j „P Chaotic' blaze er 'Ie cu_r d over their radius the dust were disorienting, said rez,30;Robert Lamora,29;and crr,Ir;o zw erase. `i1 rpts. P .�aydai; Stockton Fire Division Chief" Scott P�urette; S3; end C fix"" erupts at port AIa7felay-" Sty firefighters had Paul T�i'illett.e, a department Tc�m 2 irlrnerm:ua. 45, sand _gfit inan ex-plos7or. spokesman. Willette said the Robert Stover.56,were treated r faeilteat could be heard at l ' � poweit�T east ftlihb a scene ouwng the last was and released from San Joaquin I� quarter-mile away and needed "very- chaotic," and it was the General Ho--pita] before noozi r By Keith Michaud immediate assistance. first time he could recall . T-ues&y, The sixth firefi err r ty � i j Recordrret.�o��stnff�vriter Fellow firefighters held in Stockton f'trefig}Iter using tl;ei-year-nld Cl Ls JeBbeP1 suf reserve away from the fire in May ay gall. fered the twisted knee and w.iz STOCKTON' — A few brief case their comrades needed aid "(The rescum) were stage(- relea3,ed by early afternoon,. moments Tuesday morning rushed in and were able to help in the event they would be NViDette 5-";d_ turned chaotic and frightening the six get out of the coal-pre- needed to serve our guys;v%Til1- The firefighters were c:a1led for Stockton firefighters. cessing building they were in. ette said. "11i paid dividends to the facility shrrrtlafter Six Stockton firefighters were injured a9 eaA)GSThe RecentBattling a fire at FPL Ener- btiraruloush; the worst infim° for us.—The way it happened is a.m,to a report of smake coni,- after an explosion in a gy's POSDEF Power facility at was a twisted lmee. kind of the Ka}we scripted it.` ing from a silo acTvss the street silo Tuesday at the Port of Stockton the Port of Stockton, firefight- The blast, smoke and coal Firefighters Lonnie G-utier- SEE EXPLOSION, PAeE s3 Fe I : THE RECORD WEDNESDAY,SEPTEMBER 3.2008 03 EXPLOSTox: Firefighters heeded warnings, but the blast still occurred ° CONTINUED FROM PAGE 01 Firefighters were called after the explosion, from the coal- and petroleum Willette said.The fire was con- coke-burning facility Coal dust hurt in blast trolled shortly before 10 am. can be highly combustible,but l ;' the cause of Tuesday's fixe is Six Stockton firefighters were slightly In all, about 55 firefighters injured Tuesday in an explosion at and other Fire Department offi- `� F still being investigated. FPL Energy's ay in an plant i the cials Fere on hand. : Responding firefighters were Firefighters were expected to ' delayed by a train at a railroad Port of Stockton.The most serious injury was a twisted knee, beat a cogeneration plant in the crossing and had to find a dif- 2500 block of West Washing- ferent route to the plant. Once STOCKTOHton Street through at least this ' there, firefighters were againmornin to watch for hots spots. e1 'Stockton fire stymied when they found that i rc`ran�Park pack 5?'� g P Department POSDEF Power officials de- , officials the fire hydrant closest to the ---"`µ4 (lined to comment on the fire. y building was out of service. "!a j I i they are St:xcF tr�t�J4c tea' fzu�rttt�' FPL Energy is an energy pro- Firefighters had to go to the ( eider,operating mostly natural I j i a fine pro- investigating next closest fire hydrant a few J'orrofsrocl curl, I gas, wind, solar. hydroelectric = l _ hundred feet away and had to and nuclear power plants across I erupted relay pump the water. the nation. The Stockton plant _ I} Tuesday The firefighters were inside on St '� Brionsy 1 m�"i r s 3 =� morn." at 1Nashin8t is one of the company s three the back house building where ;ter' coal-burning p g-ants. aecordin ( ` FFL Energy's coal is processed before being1 ` ! y" POSDEF s to the FPL Energy Web site. Povs�er fasil#} sent via conveyor belt to a plant } --1 The other three are operated in ,y , across the street and about to (< a at the search for the source of the Pennsylvania. i Port of tgavy Dr. FPL Energy's facilities total �� "' � ' t. smoke when the explosion oc- �- - -" -" - Slockton- more than 16,000 net mega- I — �' ..: The fire carred at 9:27 a.m., Willette HiCM HUr4CY,Jrhe Record watts of generating CapaClt✓.aC- `` f �Y said. caused all cording to the Web site. , 1 r; The firefighters had been the door was opened. Willette s rY�t M „_. .,'� � ' - explcasior p Contact Reith AAichaud at ,= f .j t11R4 cautioned several times over said firefighters heeded the (209) 546-8275 or krnichaua r: i/ Iff- a the radio not to open a door warnings,but the explosion stili �� r t ' ' j , . rnlcT"ed aix g p recordrzeT.con,. \tsft his btag �< `r,Sref4gntels_ between them and the fire un- occurred. at recordnet,com!btas. ': tIl their fire hoses were fully "It's one of the mysteries cl t f charged with water so that they this type of fire,"Willette said. `C could battle the fire as scori as A second and #h-rd alarm - , K