It has been 1-month since the tragic death of Greene County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Chris Eddy in GA while working a semi-truck fire on the side of the roadway. We still have not received any formal information on this event, but there has been some erroneous reporting. Out of respect for Mr. Eddy, I promised to wait for official word on this accident’s cause and contributing factors. But some of this “official reporting” is just wrong.
He was opening the back doors when the explosion occurred. We can see this in the frame-by-frame analysis of the accident video (Members can see this frame-by-frame video still images below).
I also mentioned at the time that this was a truckload of frozen chickens, meaning the container was “refrigerated,” and that we have a history of containers exploding due to flammable or improper refrigerant mixtures. Members can read: Contaminated/flammable refrigerant is suspected in refrigerated container explosions
I have posted some details of these 13 explosions from around the world, four (4) of which were fatal (not counting the GA refer truck explosion last month).
I have no proof that this tragic event was caused by a flammable refrigerant; however, all the initial data points to this being a likely cause, as frozen chickens are not combustible. This was not a backdraft; it was far more energetic (based on video evidence).
