Pahrump Valley Gazette, Thursday, July 31, 1997 3
Catastrophe avoided by quick thinking fire department
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by Mary Lamar
Gazette Staff
PAHRUMP---Saturday, July 26 at approximately 3:35
p.m. an emergency 911 call came into the Sheriff' s Office,
"Desert Connection is on fire; we have a 500-gallon
propane tank." These were the cries of Mary Garoutte co-
owner of Desert Connection, Inc. on Highway. 372.
could have lost it all," she said.
The building was evacuated, Highway 372 was closed in
both directions and side streets were closed. Every precau-
tion was taken in case the fire spread or the unthinkable,
the tank itself exploded into flames. The Pahrump Volun-
teer Fire Department arrived at approximately 3:45 p.m. at
the scene. County Commissioner Cameron McRae was on
Garoutte laid on the floor to escape the flames while duty as Battalion Chief. Crews wre assigned to ensure the
making her call for help. Garoutte said "I thought this was tank was secured from flames and heat.
it, I thought it was all over.-- According to Scott Farthing assistant chief. "When we
Employee AI Hewitt was performing a routine propane arrived on the scene, the propane flames were out. There
fill when the hose shot out ofthetank. "'Idon"t know where were some wood products on fire, which we immediately
the flames came from," he said. Hewitt ran to the main put out. Our main objective was to keep the fire hose on the
propane shut off switch to turn it off before anymore gas large propane tank, making sure it remained cool."
could escape. Garoutte said, "The flames were every- " Our emergency crew took the attendant over to the
Iwhere. The whole side of the building was on fire. All I truck where he was treated for minor burns on his left arm
could see were flames. If it wasn't for the quick thinking and scrapes on his left leg. By the attendant shutting down
of AI, we would all be gone. He's a hero in my book, we the propane tank, he helped avoid a much worse situation,"
Farthing stated. Farthing gave the following safety tip "This
is barbecue season• Be extremely careful when threading
your hose to the barbecue tank. Cross threading can cause
separation and the result could be fire. Have your propane
tank checked as suggested by the manufacture, ."
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