Headquarters, International Security Assistance Force -Afghanistan
MAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghanistan - Firefighters with the International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF), Regional Command North helped an Afghan fire brigade battle a blaze that threatened a fuel storage area on Aug. 14.
Four fire trucks, two German mobile medical support teams and soldiers from Provincial Reconstruction Team Mazar-e- Sharif, and military police from Camp Marmal responded to a call for help from the Balkh province governor.
The local fire brigade attempted to put out a fire in a timber storage area that was threatening a nearby fuel storage containing 15,000 liters of diesel fuel and 10,000 liters of kerosene.
With the help of two additional ISAF airfield fire trucks and a shuttle of 10,000-liters water supply trucks the firefighters contained the fire early in the morning of Aug. 15. There were no casualties resulting from the fire.
Date Taken: | 08.17.2007 |
Date Posted: | 08.17.2007 07:02 |
Story ID: | 11859 |
Location: | AF |
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