Nov. 26 – On this day in Montana history in 1976 a train
derailment in Belt created a holocaust in which 2 people were killed and more
than a dozen injured. The first call for help: “A train is wrecked. There’s gas
all over. .. we need help …” and the telephone line went dead. The train wreck
caused a propane tank car to explode that caused extensive fires in the
southwest section of the town and destroyed several homes and damaged many
others. “It broke windows all over town,” one person said.
That is a day that I will never forget as long as I live.
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ReplyDeleteI don't know what caused me to think about this 5his morning but I wass one of the firefighters from Malmstron AFB 5o respond the next day after the initial and secondary explosion in one of our P-4 trucks. I and a civilian named Besich along with numerous heroic responders put out that fire. I was the little silver smudge holding the inch and a half foam line about 25 yards from the bridge whilst Besich and others fed the truck. I learned how to drink after that one! Lol!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your story!
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