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Christopher Grey Sanders

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Christopher Grey Sanders

Birth
California, USA
Death
7 Jul 1973 (aged 38)
Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Redlands, San Bernardino County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.0277843, Longitude: -117.1795334
Plot
Block M - E264
Memorial ID
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Christopher died of injuries suffered as a fire figther in the Kingman Explosion, also known as the Doxol Disaster or Kingman BLEVE, was a catastrophic boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) that occurred on July 5, 1973 in Kingman, Arizona.

Marvin Eugene Mast, the manager of Doxol Propane and who was on top of the tanker, died from burns from the initial fire that erupted.

Firefighters Richard Lee Williams, William L. Casson, Roger Allen Hubka, M.B. "Jimmy" Cox, Lieut. Joseph Chambers, Art Stringer, Christopher Grey Sanders, John Campbell, Frank "Butch" Henry, Donald Webb and Alan Hansen died in service with civilian Margin Eugene Mast when a propane tanker exploded at the Doxol Propane plant in the 2600 block of Andy Devine Avenue.

The explosion killed a total of 13 people and injured 112 people. In addition to the eleven city firefighters and one railroad worker killed in the disaster, one state trooper (firefighter), Alan H. Hansen, was also killed in the explosion.

Firefighters Memorial Park in Kingman is dedicated to those 11 firefighters who died in the BLEVE.
Christopher died of injuries suffered as a fire figther in the Kingman Explosion, also known as the Doxol Disaster or Kingman BLEVE, was a catastrophic boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) that occurred on July 5, 1973 in Kingman, Arizona.

Marvin Eugene Mast, the manager of Doxol Propane and who was on top of the tanker, died from burns from the initial fire that erupted.

Firefighters Richard Lee Williams, William L. Casson, Roger Allen Hubka, M.B. "Jimmy" Cox, Lieut. Joseph Chambers, Art Stringer, Christopher Grey Sanders, John Campbell, Frank "Butch" Henry, Donald Webb and Alan Hansen died in service with civilian Margin Eugene Mast when a propane tanker exploded at the Doxol Propane plant in the 2600 block of Andy Devine Avenue.

The explosion killed a total of 13 people and injured 112 people. In addition to the eleven city firefighters and one railroad worker killed in the disaster, one state trooper (firefighter), Alan H. Hansen, was also killed in the explosion.

Firefighters Memorial Park in Kingman is dedicated to those 11 firefighters who died in the BLEVE.


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