Ethanol brings new dangers.
"It's highly flammable and it's more volatile than diesel fuel," said McNeil, the Via Christi physician. "You could see explosions, and the burns and blunt-force traumas that come with that. You could see more severe burns, and more of them."
Firefighters also need different materials and methods to fight an ethanol fire.
Said Hoy of the Wichita Fire Department: "We've heard a lot about ethanol. A lot."
"What makes this different from other kinds of training is that it offers hands-on experience with the equipment,"
More than 100 million tons of toxic and dangerous material come through the Wichita area in trucks.
