KC-130 loses refueling hose

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Caught this on another forum I frequent(no aviation related)

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/02/hose-military-aircraft-falls-house/

Carmel Mountain Ranch house hit by hose from air show plane

No one injured; two houses evacuated because of fuel spill

By Tanya Mannes

Originally published October 2, 2010 at 12:35 p.m., updated October 2, 2010 at 3:19 p.m.

SAN DIEGO — Part of a refueling hose from a Marine Corps C-130 performing in the Miramar Air Show this weekend fell on a house in Carmel Mountain Ranch at 10:50 a.m. Saturday. No one was injured.

The 75-foot-long hose line hit the roof of a two-story house on Fontanelle Place near Castile Way, a San Diego fire department official said. The hose leaked fuel on the house. It also spilled on the lawn between the house and a neighbor's home, prompting authorities to evacuate both dwellings.

By early afternoon, the hose had been removed from the house of a retired Navy nurse, Cashmere Monroe. Fire officials estimated the damage at $10,000.

Monroe said she was in the garage when the hose hit the house, and her 14-year-old daughter was inside the home.

"When I heard the noise, I thought the garage door had hit something," Monroe said.

She went inside, and a neighbor, Crystal Carberry, 17, knocked on the door and told her to come out to look at the roof. Monroe said when she opened the door she immediately smelled the fumes.

Carberry's sister, Brande, 14, said she thought a car had crashed into a garage door.

As a precaution, hazardous materials crews were keeping the Monroes and Carberrys out of their homes until the fuel spill was cleaned up and neutralized. Both families were on the sidewalk waiting for the all-clear signal. Each had a cat in a pet carrier.

San Diego Fire Battalion Chief Michael Finnerty said that some fuel absorbed into the lawn but the total amount was small. Military officials will work with the county to dispose of contaminated soil, he said.

The aircraft that dropped the hose is part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which was scheduled to perform in the air show, said Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Maureen Dooley, spokeswoman for the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

Marine Corps officials did not immediately know if the plane was coming or going to the show when the mishap occurred.

The show continued without interruption, Dooley said.

San Diego fire department and hazardous materials teams were the first emergency crews to arrive at the house.