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Photo by Ed Moreth Instructor Craig Jeppson takes a team of Plains firefighters to a burning car as the vehicle’s air bag unexpectedly explodes. The team consisted of Prentiss Campbell, Sam Felix and Jon Knoepke. A dozen firefighters from the Town of Plains Volunteer Fire Department participated in a training operation at Valley Towing’s wrecking yard.

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Car explodes at fire training
April 15, 2008 midnight

Car explodes at fire training

Firefighters are supposed to put out fires, not start them, unless they have to start fires to learn how to put them out.