Today in fire history: a fire occurred at a flammable liquid tank farm supporting Denver's Stapleton International Airport

On Sunday, November 25, 1990, a fire occurred at a flammable liquid tank farm supporting Denver’s Stapleton International Airport. Eight of the farm's twelve storage tanks contained jet fuel A totaling almost 4.2 million gallons. The fire was considered as accidental in nature, and it burned for approximately 55 hours. Seven tanks were destroyed or damaged, and over 1.6 million gallons of jet fuel was consumed. There were no reported fire fighter or civilian injuries as a result of this incident. At approximately 9:22 a.m., the Stapleton control tower saw smoke in the area of the tank farm and called...