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Posted on 06/26/2018 2:28:51 PM PDT by txroadkill
An explosion has occurred in the back of Coryell Memorial Hospital in Gatesville, which knocked out power in town, a sheriff's official confirmed Tuesday afternoon.
A Gatesville Police Department official concerned 'a major incident' in the city on Tuesday afternoon.
A Department of Public Safety official said that multiple agencies are responding to the hospital in Gatesville, located at 1507 West Main St.
Killeen Fire Department said they were responding with two ambulances, one engine and one rescue truck.
(Excerpt) Read more at kdhnews.com ...
“I can confirm our Directorate of Emergency Services fire department sent 10 personnel and three vehicles as part of our mutual aid support,” said Christopher J. Haug, Fort Hood public information officer. “The personnel included paramedics and firefighters.”
UPDATE: 3:38 p.m.: Eric Paul, spokesman for Texas-New Mexico Power Company, said that 886 customers were without power and crews were on scene to help restore service.
“What we know is that we have one main circuit out of many that is out,” Paul said. "It’s in the neighborhood of the hospital."
Paul said the company had crews on scene and were ready to start restoring power when the situation is declared safe.
“We have crews there ready to start working, and when it’s safe to do soand when we’re allowed to do so, we’ll get to work,” he said.
Tiffany Zacha, receptionist at Hillside Medical Lodge, said the retirement home was arranging transportation for patients at the hospital. Zacha said the home is not being evacuated.
“We’re in the middle of getting transportation out there, but everything is fine with us,” she said.
Not enough info to guess, but I will anyway...
Transformer?
Gas leak, probably propane.
Yes, prayers for all.
Heard on scanner that ATF has arrived on scene.
Could be, but dense black smoke argues for a transformer. Although I suppose it could be the result of someone blowing up the emergency generator’s diesel supply.
Fort Hood has been known to drop shells on their neighbors. Looks like it’s within range of a 155 from the Fort.
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No way.
Video at link:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/explosion-coryell-memorial-hospital-gatesville-texas-massive-response-live-updates-2018-06-26/
LOX?
It was my first thought when I heard the story. Generators don’t explode like that (which was the initial story).
It’s not. I’m at Ft Hood for AT right now and there’s not much other training going on. And the biggest stuff we shoot is .50s and MK19s.
Highly unlikely.
The only way to learn things is to do it!
The local news said generator but heard it was the boiler. Agree, generators don’t explode like that.
Is he getting ready to demonstrate dropping a 60mm round into an 81mm tube? The tube looks a whole lot bigger than what he has in his lily white hand.
They don’t let you all shoot high explosive rounds from the 155s at the neighbors any more?
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/740944/Texas-couple-scared-out-of-wits-by-artillery-barrage.html
They must have stopped with the heavy artillery sometime after February of this year:
Way.
http://www.wnd.com/2000/02/413/
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