September 30, 2024
A propane system is believed to have been the source of a massive explosion that killed two people and destroyed a house in the Pittsburgh area near the Ohio River earlier this year, authorities said. A spokesperson for the Allegheny …
August 22, 2024
An explosion that leveled a home in northeastern Pennsylvania, killing a woman and leaving a man seriously injured, was apparently caused by a propane leak, state police said. The blast in Jefferson Township, near Scranton, was reported around 2 p.m. …
February 20, 2024
When firefighters arrived at a home in a Washington, D.C., suburb to investigate a report about a gas smell Friday night, they discovered a 500-gallon underground propane tank with a leak on the side of the residence. Shortly after they …
October 26, 2017
Fire officials investigating a restaurant explosion that injured five people tried on Monday to pinpoint the source of the propane leak that caused the blast. The explosion happened Saturday afternoon at the Spring Hill Inn in Mansfield, just over a …
May 30, 2017
A rail car carrying propane was leaking in an industrial park in New Jersey, sending a plume of gas into the air. Gloucester County spokeswoman Debra Sellitto says a valve stem on top of the tanker car failed and started …
October 25, 2016
Officials say two people were killed in a house explosion in Newton County. Coroner Danny Shoemaker tells The Clarion-Ledger that an 81-year-old man and 78-year-old woman died in the explosion Saturday night. Irven Skinner, a fire official, told WTOK-TV that …