PHOTO: A cloud of black smoke was visible around the installation for about an hour today as the Fort Leonard Wood Fire Department conducted flammable liquids training at their fire and rescue training area near Forney Airfield. The scenario had two hose teams attempting to extinguish 250 gallons of JP-8 jet fuel as it burned on the surface of a water-filled aircraft fuel training pit. During this training the firefighters used hose streams to push the fuel away from a simulated aircraft in the pit while protecting it and simultaneously confining and extinguishing the fire. According to Troy Michels, Fort Leonard Wood Fire Department assistant chief of training, the goal of the training was to make the firefighters work as a team.