Show Flames Sweep Colorado Resort Town GLEN GLENWOOD SPRINGS Colo Cob May 15 INS More INS More than persons were seriously burned and nearly in buildings and property was destroyed Saturday in Glenwood Springs following an explosion of two gasoline tanks Inthe in inthe inthe the west edge of the resort city One huge storage tank owned by byI bythe bythe the J. J B. B Rose Motor Co exploded I at 11 1110 10 am a.m. which shook the downtown business section Hundreds of people rushed to the scene when the second tank blew up and scattered showers of flaming gasoline over the by by- standers The people ran in panic down the streets of the main business section clothing in flam flames One woman standing three blocks away was severely burned and was rushed to the hospital as I all doctors and nurses in the area were called caned to treat the scores of injured An International News News' Service pho photographer was burned while attempting t mp ng to th get gC pictures tur of the conflagration City Manager Jim Galloway was seriously injured S Shrieking sirens of at ambulances and fire equipment cries of the badly burned persons who stumbled stumbled bled exhausted into b bus business u s i n es e's s houses for emergency treatment and the thick black smoke pouring over the city resulted in panic that thai overshadowed o the actual fire Fire departments from Rifle Grand Junction and all aU surrounding surrounding surround surround- ing towns were summoned Flames spread rapidly as the local fire department equipment was unable to cope with the spreading gasoline which was whipped into fury by the high winds S Flames spread rapidly as the local fire tire department equipment was unable to cope with the spreading gasoline which was whipped into fury tury by the high winds |