At approximately 0400 on january 2, 1993, an explosion and fire at the steuart petroleum company in…

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Stuart Petroleum; Jacksonville, Florida.
Jacksonville, Florida.
1. At approximately 0400 on January 2, 1993, an explosion and fire at the Steuart Petroleum Company in Jacksonville, FL killed a security guard. It is believed that a tank had been overfilled and when the security guard drove near it, a spark caused the explosion. The tank contained approximately 4,500,000 gallons of gasoline. Unburned product was contained in the berm area around the tank farm. Steuart Petroleum is located in the Jacksonville Port Terminal and the St. Johns River runs within 1,000 feet of it. The Jacksonville Fire Department responded to the fire and, in addition to land-side fire-fighting equipment, a fire-fighting boat was stationed on the St. Johns River as a precaution. The USCG COTP Jacksonville, closed the channel from the Trout River Inlet through the southern end of the Long Branch range the morning of January 2. Later that day, the channel was opened to one-way [...]
2. COMMODITY: SPGASOLINE.
3. POSITION 30.683N 081.467W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6918: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6918