Dumas Fire Memorial
July 28, 2022 10:18AM CDT
Photo By Dumas Fire Department
It’s been over 60 years agothat 19 firefighters gave up their lives to fight the Shamrock McKee Refinery Explosion.
Now those 19 firefighters are being memorialized with a service Friday night at Moore County Courthouse in Dumas at 6;30 p.m.
On July 29, 1956, the 19 firefighters dashed into the flames.
Dumas, Sunray, And Valero Emergency Srevices are participating in the Memorial.
The Shamrock- McKee blaze is listed as the fourth largest firefighter loss in the United States, Involving industrial or structural preotection.
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