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1951 Large oil fire at the port of Avonmouth
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2:07Now PlayingDate: 10th September 1951
Location: Unknown location
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Big Oil Blaze
ENGLAND: Bristol: Avonmouth:
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AVONMOUTH Regent Petroleum Storage Tanks go up in flames.. Aerial shots of blaze..Continues thro the night and onto next day..Huge pall of smoke. firemen fight inferno..shots of tangle of fire hoses..men rest the great heat..
FIREMEN. Shots men fighting fires at Avonmouth Petrol blaze..Men take rest from great heat
FIRES.. Regent Petroleum Storage Tanks blaze at Avonmouth.. Goes on into and thro' night till next day.. Shots from the air of huge red mass, pall of smoke. Shots flames and the men at rest from the heat
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