LIMA-911 calls from Friday's explosion and fire near Whitewater were released Monday.

The caller remains amazingly calm as he described a hug fireball and that his truck was nearly knocked off the road from the force of the blast.

Authorities released the following statement regarding the incident which they have ruled was an accident:

On February 3, 2012 at approximately 3:11 p.m., Rock County Deputies along with Fire

Departments from: Milton, Whitewater, Palmyra, Clinton, Sharon, Turtle Township, Edgerton, Lauderdale-LaGrange, Beloit Township, East Troy, Janesville, Walworth, Fort Atkinson and Darien responded to a propane truck that exploded at Landmark Services Coop, 12743 E. STH 59, in Lima Township.

Upon units arriving on scene, all employees at the business had evacuated the buildings and were accounted for.

The
truck exploding resulted in the main office building starting on fire as well.

Preliminary investigation at the scene revealed that an employee was in the process of filling approximately 3500 gallons of propane into his truck from a holding tank.

There was an equipment malfunction resulting in the filling tube coming disconnected from the truck allowing propane into the area.

The employee was unable to reconnect the tube
and evacuated the scene.

An unknown source ignited the propane causing the truck to
explode and ultimately resulted in the holding tank exploding that caused the structure fire.

Although investigations are ongoing, there is no evidence at this time that would suggest arson or an intentional act.

The fire scene was quickly contained and no issues were reported in regards to additional explosions or hazardous materials contaminating the scene.

East State Highway 59 was closed between County line Rd. and E. Salisbury Rd. for approximately two hours. There were no reported injuries from employees on scene or
emergency personnel.

At approximately 6:31 p.m., Rock County Deputies cleared the
scene of the fire. Total monetary loss to the business is unknown at this time.