Posts Tagged ‘Natural Gas Explosion’

Coroner: Pa. natural gas explosion kills 5 people

Thursday, February 10th, 2011
A natural gas explosion rocked a downtown neighborhood overnight, killing five people, leveling two houses and spawning fires that burned for hours through an entire row of neighboring homes.

1 Dead, 5 Missing After Building Explodes

Thursday, February 10th, 2011
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A fire official says one person has been found dead after a natural gas explosion and fire in eastern Pennsylvania. Allentown fire Chief Robert Scheirer says the victim lived in a two-story row house that exploded Wednesday night. An elderly couple in their 70s lived in the home, but Scheirer says the condition of the body prevented positive identification. Five other people are ...

Natural gas suspected in deadly Mich. blast

Friday, December 31st, 2010
WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Workers pulled a man’s body from the wreckage of a furniture store leveled by a suspected natural gas explosion Wednesday and were still looking for a missing woman.

Natural gas suspected in deadly Mich. blast

Friday, December 31st, 2010
WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Workers pulled a man’s body from the wreckage of a furniture store leveled by a suspected natural gas explosion Wednesday and were still looking for a missing woman.

Detroit-area man in critical condition after blast

Thursday, December 30th, 2010
The owner of a suburban Detroit furniture store who was pulled from a burning building after a natural gas explosion destroyed his business, killed two people and injured two others remains in critical condition.