A North Callaway Fire Protection District firefighter sustained second and third-degree burns while responding to a tractor fire off State Road YY near Williamsburg June 23.
Kirk Strube of Station 2 responded to a call that a tractor was burning that evening, but could not get the big truck close enough to the fire. When he returned with a smaller brush truck, the fire seemed to have burned itself out. As the firefighters prepared to leave, the tractor's diesel tank ruptured, catching Strube in a fireball.
"Boom, it happened," said Strube. "Most of the time diesel does not explode, but it came out in a giant fireball and got my left side, it's definitely weird."
To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.