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1975 Press Photo Tank Truck Unloading Gasoline in Cleveland, Texas Exploded.

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Cleveland, Texas. Explosion Rocks Cleveland, A tank truck unloading gasoline in Cleveland exploded today, slightly injuring the driver and causing a fire that threatened several large fuel storage tanks. The driver, Jesse Bibbs, 25, of ....Alvin in Houston, was treated for burns on his face and arms. The fire destroyed a warehouse at the Noah Whitener Gulf Oil Corp. distributorship in downtown Cleveland, a town of 7,000 in Liberty County about 40 miles north of Houston, before the flames were extinguished.

Photo is dated 1975.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.
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