Public Safety Drill
Downtown Orlando
June 25, 2003


The exercise began with an explosion on a tanker truck on Church Street near Orange Avenue that spread an unknown chemical into the air.

Firefighters arriving on the scene find several casualties on the sidewalks and road.


After determining the leaking chemical was chlorine, firefighters begin decontaminating victims.

Emergency Manager Richard Comerford (right) briefs
Mayor Buddy Dyer on the drill's current status..

Injured victims are moved away from the gas cloud
and under I-4.

A secondary device is detonated by the Orlando Fire Department's bomb squad.

Mayor Buddy Dyer conducts a press briefing
near the scene.

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