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Fire Death Rates Are Highest in Southern States
NewsSouthern states continue to have the highest fire death rates in the nation, according to data compiled by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The NFPA began tracking fire deaths rates -defined as deaths per million population,…
Explosion Attorneys Fred Pritzker and Eric Hageman on WCCO TV Special Report: What Gas Companies Aren’t Telling You
From Pritzker Hageman, NewsWilliston, North Dakota Shop Explosion Injures Two People
NewsA Williston, North Dakota shop explosion injured two people on Wednesday, February 13. According to Sergeant Detective Caleb Fry of the Williams County Sheriff's Office, the explosion happened in the 5300 block of 151st Avenue NW. The two…
Explosion at JCS Enterprise Trailer Repair in DeKalb, GA Injures 1
NewsAn explosion at JCS Enterprise Trailer Repair in DeKalb, GA Injured a worker who sustained burns over 50 percent of his body. He was transported to the burn unit at Grady Memorial Hospital. Two other people who tried to help him were also taken…
Propane Gas Explosion in Casco Township, MI Injures 1
NewsPropane is the suspected source of a house explosion that injured one woman in Casco Township, MI. Chiron Thompson suffered severe burns and was rushed to the Burn and Wound Center at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. Ms. Thompson…
Propane Suspected Source of Sullivan, IL Explosion That Killed 1
NewsA propane leak is the expected source of a house explosion in Sullivan, IL that killed Jared Schrock, 20, and injured a 16-year-old girl who was transported to an area hospital where she is listed in critical condition, according to news reports.…
Propane Explosion in Chattahoochee Hills Kills One Person
NewsA propane explosion in Chattahoochee Hills killed one person on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. The blast happened near the intersection of Cochran Mill Road and Cedar Grove Road in South Fulton County, Georgia. It was so strong that it broke windows…
Fatal house explosion near Hampton MN
NewsA massive house explosion south of Hampton, Minnesota on the 24000 block of Lewiston Boulevard, seriously burned one man and fatality injured his wife. The man was taken to Region's Burn Center in St. Paul for treatment. Investigators are…
Gas Leak Caused Pontiac, MI House Explosion That Injured 1
NewsA gas leak was the source of a house explosion in Pontiac, MI that injured one person on February 2, 2019, Consumers Energy said yesterday. A man who was inside the house was blown out when it exploded around 11:30 p.m. He was transported…
Three Injured in Explosion at Troxel Co. in Moscow, TN
NewsAn explosion at Troxel Company in Moscow, TN yesterday injured three employees. All of them suffered severe burns. Two were airlifted to a Memphis area hospital for treatment, the third was transported by ambulance. Troxel makes welded…
Zionsville Explosion of Trailers Filled with Fireworks: 1 Dead, 1 Injured
NewsAn explosion in Zionsville, PA yesterday left one person dead and another badly injured. Authorities are still trying to determine what set off a series of explosions inside two tractor-trailers filled with fireworks that were parked on a property…
Explosion at CNG Fueling Station in Riverside, CA Injures 2
NewsAn explosion at a CNG fueling station in Riverside, CA yesterday injured two people, one of them critically. Both of the people who were injured were transported by ambulance to an area hospital for treatment. The compressed natural gas…
2 Injured in Middletown, CT House Explosion Die
NewsTwo people who were injured in a Middletown, CT house explosion last week have died from their injuries. Authorities have not released their names. A total of four people were injured when the house at 1622 Saybrook Road exploded and caught…