Overnight Report 11-09-09

Nothing to report.

Overnight Report 11-06-09

Agencies:MED X 2 /APD/AFD
Location:2042 Paramount Blvd
Description:Ambulance transported one patient who had been shot in left hand (mangled) with large calibre gun/not self inflicted/ other ambulance transported a 29 year old patient who had been shot/CPR was in progress/gunshot wound to right upper chest.

Agencies:APD/AFD/MED
Location:58th & Georgia
Description: 2 car accident/patients refused treatment

Bushland Pipeline Explosion Fumes Fells Fireman

Here are some photos I took just after 2PM. Apparently a Potter County fireman was overcome by gas and smoke fumes.

I couldn't help but notice that the gas smell was very strong. an ambulance was requested and the firman was taken to NWTH.

-Steve Douglass












All photos (C) Steve Douglass

Bushland Pipeline Explosion Damage Photos

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DPS helicopter (from Lubbock) flies in to do aerial damage assessment for Amarillo OEM.



Charred and burned fence across the street from ground zero.



Before:



House closest to ground zero completely destroyed.



Garage/outbuilding heavily damaged.






Automobiles melted.












All photos (C) Steve Douglass and require permission for publication.

Download Bushland Pipeline Explosion Emergency Communications

Click on the link to download the first few minutes (radio communications) surrounding the Bushland Pipeline Explosion.
(C) Steve Douglass

LINK HERE

Breaking News: Bushland Pipeline Explosion

BUSHLAND — A natural gas pipeline explosion shook homes, melted window blinds and shot flames hundreds of feet into the air early today near Amarillo, authorities said.

Three people were injured in the blast, which was reported around 1 a.m. about a mile north of Bushland. The fire was contained by 5:30 a.m., said Potter County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Roger Short.

Those injured suffered burns and were taken to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Short said. He didn’t provide details. The cause of the explosion hasn’t been determined.

“My home is about 20 miles something away and I could see the flames from my home, and that’s substantial. The flames were huge,” Short told The Associated Press. “You could her the roar of the flames 20 miles away.”
Gas was shut off to the line and most evacuated residents were being allowed to go home by 5:30 a.m., Short said. One house was destroyed and several others were damaged, he said.

“The heat onto the homes, it did a lot of damage. You could see blinds inside the homes that were melted, it was hot, it was very hot,” Short said.

Bushland Middle School principal Mark Reasor said about 60 people who were evacuated took shelter at the school, but were returning home before dawn. He said classes would start one hour late.
Crews from El Paso Natural Gas and Atmos Energy were at the scene.
Bushland is a town of about 1,500, located 15 miles west of Amarillo.

-Photos and video copyright Steve Douglass

Overnight Report 11-04-09

Agencies:AFD/APD/MED
Location:North Grand & Hastings
Description: Auto accident /car vs pole/driver fled scene

Agencies:APD/AFD/MED
Location: Amarillo Blvd & Taylor
Description: Auto accident /driver fled scene

Overnight Report 11-03-09

Agencies:AFD/APD
Location:5809 Oregon Trail
Description: Car vs Tree/tree wins/47 year old male transported with face injuries/starred windshield with face/DWI

Overnight Report 10-19-09

NO REPORT DUE TO COMPUTER GLITCH!
I hate mondays.

Man wanted for slaying wife in Dalhart

Dalhart man sought in killing of wife
October 15, 2009 07:00 EDT
DALHART, Texas (AP) -- A Dalhart man is sought in the shooting death of his wife in front of two of their grandchildren after she told him to move out.

Dalhart Police Chief Tom Sanford on Thursday said a murder warrant has been issued for 78-year-old Jose Abel Cancino.

Sanford told The Associated Press that Cancino is accused of pulling a handgun Wednesday night and killing 63-year-old Elva Perez Cancino.

The police chief says the couple "had just come from church, and I think she had just told him he needed to move out."

Their teenage grandchildren, a brother and sister, witnessed the shooting outside the couple's apartment complex.

Sanford says the suspect has family in the Del Rio and Midland area, plus in Mexico.

Dalhart is a community of about 7,300, located 80 miles northwest of Amarillo.