Biodiesel operation burns in Tacoma garage

Published 5:48 am Wednesday, June 16, 2010

TACOMA — Biodiesel stored in a garage exploded in flames Tuesday night in a Tacoma neighborhood and flaming fluid flowed down an alley.

Neighbors reported hearing a blast about 8 p.m. and seeing thick smoke.

No one was injured.

Firefighters blocked storm drains so the oil wouldn’t get in.

The owner said he rented the garage to a small-scale biodiesel operation. A few hundred gallons of vegetable oil were reportedly in the garage.

(with information from The News Tribune of Tacoma, KIRO-TV)