The Jamaica, Queens New York Explosion and Fire.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 23 JAN 1967Description: 12p., no refsReport number: OCD-PS-64-46; 2651A; DRC-RN-13; Institutional/Corporate BodySubject: On January 13, 1967 a gas explosion occurred in the South Jamaica section of Queens, New York. The blast and blaze demolished 9 houses and badly damaged others, hundreds of people were evacuated without a single casualty. Because of its localized nature a DRC team would not normally be making a study of the event. The mass media reported that the evacuation had been extremely rapid and successful, and the N.Y. City Fire Dept had mobilized 54 companies and more than 600 men. However, the disaster was not of the magnitude inferred by the mass media coverage. The Police Dept and the Gas Company handled the emergency in a relatively routine fashion, and the incident does not warrant further study
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Preliminary report
The report has not yet been reviewed formally by the Department of Defense nor issued officially by OCD to the general public
On January 13, 1967 a gas explosion occurred in the South Jamaica section of Queens, New York. The blast and blaze demolished 9 houses and badly damaged others, hundreds of people were evacuated without a single casualty. Because of its localized nature a DRC team would not normally be making a study of the event. The mass media reported that the evacuation had been extremely rapid and successful, and the N.Y. City Fire Dept had mobilized 54 companies and more than 600 men. However, the disaster was not of the magnitude inferred by the mass media coverage. The Police Dept and the Gas Company handled the emergency in a relatively routine fashion, and the incident does not warrant further study
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