Today in History revisits the Wednesday, August 25, 1976 edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story on a fire at the Solar Gas Inc. propane substation in Lakota, N.D. The fire caused a two-hour evacuation. A Cargill employee reported smelling gas and seeing a broken hose, with the fuel igniting as he tried to shut it off.

LAKOTA, N.D. — Although the fire had just been extinguished at the Solar Gas Inc. propane gas substation here Tuesday, August 24, 1976, company officials were already making plans for reconstruction.

Arrangements are being made to clear the site, south of the Burlington Northern railroad mainline, and replace the 30,000 gallon storage tank that ruptured in the blaze which broke out shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday and seriously threatened this Nelson County c

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