AUGUST 19, 2015
Hughesville, MD
A diesel tank explodes as firefighters battle a fire at an Amish barn in Hughesville. (Published Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015)
A violent explosion sent an enormous ball of fire into the sky in Charles County, Maryland, Tuesday.
The Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department was battling a fire at an Amish barn in Hughesville when a diesel tank exploded as a firefighter was trying to keep it cool. No one was injured in the blast.
A ladder truck extinguished a large portion of the fire, and a fire engine got the remaining hot spots.