A fire at a regional oil and gas company facility Wednesday morning drew the response of approximately 30 Shreveport Fire Department units and Shreveport police officers.
Fire officials said a frac pump trailer at Liberty Energy’s location at 2675 Valley View Drive caught on fire. Combustible liquids on the trailer, in the form of diesel fuel and oil, made suppressing the flames difficult.
An employee reported the fire around 10:35 a.m. While enroute to the scene, Engine 9 reported heavy smoke coming from the location and requested a full response with additional units. Engines 9 and 15 arrived on scene within 4 minutes and confirmed a trailer near the rear of the property was on fire.
Three additional fire engines and SFD’s new tanker truck were requested for water supply. An aerial ladder truck was also deployed to spray water from above.
It took the efforts of approximately 40 firefighters, operating 15 units, plus support staff, to bring the incident under control and contain the fire to the trailer. No structures were involved.
“The fire was contained to a local frac trailer. They were able to contain the incident to the trailer itself. There’s no other immediate threats to the surrounding areas. Runoff from water that was used to stage the blaze was all contained on site as well. These units are back in service and the incident is under control,” said fire department spokesperson Daniel McDonell.
Due to the fire, diesel fuel and oil were released from the trailer. The liquids were contained on site and did not get onto adjacent properties or public waterways, fire officials said.
