Driver Virgil Leroy Sams, age 27, of the Kansas City Fire Department (MO), died on August 18, 1959, in a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE) at the Continental Oil Company.
Driver Virgil Leroy Sams, age 27, of the Kansas City Fire Department (MO), died on August 18, 1959, in a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE) at the Continental Oil Company.
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