Mid 80s, RNO, August, 100°F+ outside. RNO-ORD on 727. Taking off North (for those familiar with RNO) we were just seconds from rotation and abreast of the terminal, when we blew both tires on the right side. Debris sucked into and shut down #1 & #3, and we hit the brakes. I have never stopped so fast in my life and thought for sure we were going onto Mill Street. We stopped in the overrun a perhaps a hundred feet from the orange lead-in light towers.

Fire Dept hosed it down with foam but all ok - short of not going to ORD that day. For a while after that takeoffs were a bit unnerving.