woodsac
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Since I work on a military base, emergency response teams react whenever there is any type of alarm or emergency call. So you get used to hearing a lot of sirens that are of no concern.
Today I heard the sirens just outside my office, but they didn't fade out into the distance like normal. My first thought was one of my employees was injured. I ran outside and found out that wasn't the case. So, I ran back in and grabbed my camera :mrgreen:
There is a fuel station that's only about 100 yards from my office. A forklift had caught on fire while fueling up. I snapped on my el-cheapo 2x t.c. to my 28-135mm and got as close as I could. I was a little nervous, being that it was sitting on top of about 5000 gallons of gas :shock: Of course, I had to manual focus, so they're not real crisp. I was also shooting almost directly into the sun, so I wasn't sure if I would have any pics worth posting or not Not the best, but I think they tell the story ok?
1 flames had started to show before I took this shot
2 about 3-4 minutes after they began
3 fire almost fully contained
4 C.L.P.D. talking with the forklift operator
5 fires out, time for cool down
6 post fire discussion
7 putting the hoses away getting ready to leave
8 the little forklift that couldn't...being hauled off by a 15K forklift
Today I heard the sirens just outside my office, but they didn't fade out into the distance like normal. My first thought was one of my employees was injured. I ran outside and found out that wasn't the case. So, I ran back in and grabbed my camera :mrgreen:
There is a fuel station that's only about 100 yards from my office. A forklift had caught on fire while fueling up. I snapped on my el-cheapo 2x t.c. to my 28-135mm and got as close as I could. I was a little nervous, being that it was sitting on top of about 5000 gallons of gas :shock: Of course, I had to manual focus, so they're not real crisp. I was also shooting almost directly into the sun, so I wasn't sure if I would have any pics worth posting or not Not the best, but I think they tell the story ok?
1 flames had started to show before I took this shot
2 about 3-4 minutes after they began
3 fire almost fully contained
4 C.L.P.D. talking with the forklift operator
5 fires out, time for cool down
6 post fire discussion
7 putting the hoses away getting ready to leave
8 the little forklift that couldn't...being hauled off by a 15K forklift