'It sticks with you,': WFD Battalion Chief recalls DeBruce Grain elevator explosion

Thursday marks 25 years since the deadly DeBruce Grain elevator, the largest in the world at the time, exploded. For Wichita Fire Department (WFD) Battalion Chief Chad Winton, a veteran with 27 years of experience, he remembers responding to the scene as if it were yesterday: trib.al/WZiT2pK

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I was 7 years old and we lived on 63rd and Hydraulic by Derby and the sound waves from the explosion rolled over our house and shook the whole entire house waking everybody up thinking it was an earthquake

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I’m from NYC, so I don’t remember where I was.

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It killed seven peeper?!

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seven peeper

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Really? Give peacea chance, people.