Fire fighting; Fire Engines & Equipment; Businesses;
Image of Kalamazoo Fire Department fire fighters attacking the fire, resulting from a Naphtha explosion, at the Kalamazoo Sled Company. The Kalamazoo Sled was originally located at 844 East Crosstown Parkway in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Once the...
Fire Fighting; Businesses; Fire Engines & Equipment;
Image of the Kalamazoo Fire Department attacking a fire, resulting from a Naphtha explosion, at the Kalamazoo Sled Company. Naphtha is a generic term referring to flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures. The Kalamazoo Sled Company was originally...
Fire Fighting; Fire Engines & Equipment; Businesses;
Image of Kalamazoo Fire Fighters mopping up after the fire which resulted from a Naphtha explosion at the Kalamazoo Sled Company located at 844 East Crosstown Parkway in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Once the largest producer of children's sleds in the...
Fire Fighting; Fire engines & Equipment; Businesses;
Image taken by commercial photographer John Todd just moments after his arrival on the scene of a Naphtha Chemical Explosion and Fire at the Kalamazoo Sled Company located at 844 East Crosstown Parkway in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Naphtha is a generic...
Image, looking east, of the Gilmore Brother's Department Store located at 143-147 South Kalamazoo Mall (South Burdick Street) in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The camera is looking east up West Exchange Place. The image reflects the damage done...
Image, looking southeast, showing the front facade of the Gilmore Brother's Department Store located at 143-147 South Kalamazoo Mall (South Burdick Street) in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. This image reflects the damage caused by a category F3...
