January 14 – Evening
Added Hose & Nozzle story as comment.

January 14 – Morning
The WRAL feature Tar Heel Traveler this week took reporter Scott Mason to the town of Hertford, where fire department members recalled the Winslow Oil Company fire of January 10, 1978. Watch the video story for numerous vintage images and even color footage of the fire. Here are some of those, as screen grabs made by myself.

We’ll see what original incident information we find. Notably the fire departments that were there, and from which neighboring towns or counties. Maybe readers can help. Google also finds a couple original AP news stories. More later. Click to enlarge:

Hertford Fire Department photos via WRAL