The Jupiter Fire

On a quiet Sunday morning in the fall of 1990 the freighter Jupiter, with a

hold full of unleaded gasoline, exploded in flames on the Saginaw River

in Bay City, Michigan. A passing ship's wake seperated the lines that

were off loading her cargo and a spark on the dock ignited over one

million gallons of fuel that was still aboard. One crewmember drowned

as he tried to swim for shore, Remarkably, the rest of the crew

managed to escape the inferno. I was a few blocks away at the time of

the explosion and managed to get to the scene before authorities

established an exclusion zone.

 

Any comments, critiques and ratings are most welcome.

 

Thank you,

Bill

It was a tragedy and it will take long time for an incident like this to be out of your mind. Good thing you took photo to document. Thanks for posting.. Sorry for this incident to happen.