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© Gothenburg Volunteer Fire Department Originally published on msn.com Nobody was injured following an explosion in Gothenburg. Around 9:30 Wednesday morning, the Gothenburg Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call at a home in town. Volunteer Fire Chief Mark Ballmer has confirmed that a heating and cooling company was installing new equipment and did not fully shut off the gas. He said the oversight led to a water heater igniting, triggering an explosion. Nobody was inj

A Grand Prairie neighborhood is left shaken after a home exploded on Saturday. One neighbor told FOX 4 how he saw the man and his two children in the aftermath of the explosion, and decided to jump into action. The Grand Prairie Fire Department says that at about 11:30 a.m., there was an explosion at a home on North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Preliminary evidence leads them to believe it was caused by a gas leak. Adolfo Angel Rodriguez Rodriguez lives right next door t

When a natural gas explosion ripped through the Potomac Oaks Condominiums in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on November 16, 2022, the devastation was immediate. One resident was killed, 13 others were injured, and 25 families were displaced in an instant. Nearly three years later, the families who returned are still piecing their lives back together. Sarah and Marc Saint-Jour lost the home where their infant daughter Avah had just learned to sit up. Today they are raising two childr

In the early morning hours of September 2, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, residents were jolted awake by an explosion that shook homes for blocks and destroyed The Time Brewpub, a beloved business inside an old school building that also housed local shops and offices. “My house shook, my cabinets were actually open in my house,” said neighbor Evan Westlund. Another resident, Joanna Schmidt, said her garage foundation cracked and her windows blew out. Fire Chief Rick Myers calle

On June 18, an explosion tore through a home in Emporia, Kansas, killing 78-year-old Darrell Bontrager and his 73-year-old wife, Terry. This week investigators confirmed that the cause of the explosion was a natural gas leak inside the home. Well-known and loved in their community, the couple’s loss is another painful reminder of the silent danger gas leaks pose inside our homes. No family should have to face this kind of devastation without warning. Every state should see Em