WV Gas Station Blows up

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

This is all of 15 minutes from my house... pretty crazy ish

West Virginia Gas Station Explosion Kills Four, Injures Five

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

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GHENT, W.Va. — An explosion leveled a gas station near a ski resort Tuesday morning, killing at least four people and seriously injuring at least nine others, authorities said.

A firefighter and a paramedic were among the injured at the Flat Top Little General Store on Route 19, said Kim O'Brien, spokeswoman for the state Fire Marshal's office, who provided the casualty figures.

Authorities suspect that a propane tank exploded at about 10:45 a.m., just as a fire truck was pulling into the station in response to a report of a leak.

The cause of the explosion has not been determined. O'Brien said she's not sure whether it was a propane tank or a liquid petroleum tank that exploded.

All that's left of the building is a pile of debris, twisted metal framework and a sign showing the price of gasoline starting at $2.19 a gallon.

The explosion was felt at least a mile away at The Ski Shop.

"I thought we got struck by lightning. The whole building shook. The power went off," said Ben Monast, the shop's manager.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,248673,00.html

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[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

crazy.

a doctor blew his office up cooking speed by my house once. He tried to say he was making model rocket fuel //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

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[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

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[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

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[Dozy_production 10+ year member]

Very sad. Such an awful way to die.

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

You must live close to this guy...

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[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

I smell a huge lawsuit //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif. If they thought it was serious enough to have the fire department check it out, what the hell were they doing allowing customers there???? WTF //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

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[lsm 10+ year member]

I smell a huge lawsuit //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif. If they thought it was serious enough to have the fire department check it out, what the hell were they doing allowing customers there???? WTF //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

Yeah, there will be a lawsuit, but my guess is they'll sue the FD. A possible leak was reported which meant that fire truck never should have driven onto the scene. All the fumes needed was an ignition source, and the trucks hot exhaust most likely did the trick... They should have walked onto the property and did LEL testing before ever driving into the area.

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

noobs

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

i bet the price of gas will be goin up there soon...

 

[Ruthless Pastor 10+ year member]

'Tis but a flesh wound...

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

'Tis but a flesh wound...

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I think if a gas station blows up you might have more than a flesh wound... LOL....

 

[Z71999 10+ year member]

Thats what they get for selling at 2.19...its 2.00 here