A propane explosion at Schooners restaurant in Panama Beach, FL injured four people who were attending Lobster Fest on October 20. The Bay County Sheriff’s office said a faulty propane tank valve was the cause of the explosion, according to a report in the Panama City News Herald. Gas that leaked from the tank was […]
An explosion at a Cargill Inc. plant in Dodge City, Kansas on October 17 left two employees with serious burn injuries. The explosion occurred around 3 a.m. in a stand-alone building at the sprawling beef packing plant where up to 5,200 cattle are slaughtered daily. Some residents told local media that a loud booming sound […]
A woman is dead and a man is severely injured after an October 11 house explosion in Pagosa Springs, CO. Fred Phillips, 72, of Shreveport, LA, suffered serious burns and other explosion injuries and was airlifted to a Denver-area hospital where he is said to be in critical condition at The name of woman who […]
The Enbridge pipeline that exploded in Lincoln County, KY on August 1, 2019, killing one person and seriously injuring six others, spilled 66 million cubic feet of natural gas that ignited with such force that it destroyed five homes, damaged 14 others, scorched 30 acres of land and launched a 33-foot-long section of the pipeline […]
The family of Larry Lord, a LEAP Inc. employee who suffered burns over 50 percent of his body when the building in Farmington, ME exploded last month, is thanking the community for its support. The Franklin County Sheriff’s office posted the message from the family on a GoFundMe page. On September 16, 2019, a propane explosion […]
An explosion at Old World German restaurant during an Oktoberfest celebration in Huntington Beach, CA on October 5 has injured four people. Two firefighters and two civilians were injured in the blast. One of them was the owner of the bar who suffered burns over 38 percent of his body. His sister, Cyndie Kaspo, told […]
A propane leak inside a Richmond, NY home was the source of a September 24 explosion that killed Eric Higham, 80, and Gail Higham, 70, fire officials have determined. The blast, which occurred around 4:30 a.m., leveled the home located at 8116 Quayle Road while the married couple was asleep inside. An enormous fire followed […]
Problems with the heating system at LEAP Inc. in Farmington, ME, had been ongoing for months before a propane explosion that killed one person and seriously wounded several others, according to a report in the Press Herald. Residents in a neighboring mobile home park told the newspaper that they had been smelling gas for weeks […]
A husband and wife were injured when a propane tank they were hauling in their pickup truck exploded in Las Cruces, NM. The couple was traveling from Michigan to Arizona towing a trailer of horses and dogs and had parked in an overnight rest spot at the Pilot Travel Center at 2681 W. Amador Ave. […]
A propane explosion at LEAP Inc., a nonprofit organization in Farmington, ME this morning has left one person dead and six others injured. The newly opened nonprofit center for people with cognitive disabilities had been evacuated after the smell of gas was reported. After fire crews arrived at the scene around 8:30 this morning, an […]
A September 14 house explosion in Sand Beach Twp., MI killed one woman, 69, and injured her daughter, 50. An investigation into the cause of the blast, which occurred around 7:30 p.m., is ongoing. Harbor Beach Fire Chief Jason Lermont told local media that firefighters arrived at the house, located at 1467 South Lakeshore in […]
The dive boat Conception had no night watchman on duty when it caught fire and sank off the Southern California coast on Labor Day killing 34 people, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Although a roving watchman is a requirement for vessels like the Conception, all 39 people aboard […]