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4 Dead After Pennsylvania Explosion!!!!!

Posted by 0Megan on February 11, 2011 at 6:36am in Mr Bruns 360 Message Board

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/10/pennsylvania.explosion/index.html?hpt=Sbin

 

In Allentown Pennsylvania, there was a suspected natural gas explosion, and four people were killed including a 4-month-old baby and a 79 year old. This explosion destroyed 8 homes, by completely leveling them off.One of the firefighters, who worked on the explosion, said it was difficult to fight the fire because of the weather, because it was cold and icy, so wherever they ran the water it just turned to ice. A witness said the blast sounded like a bomb, and he thought the war had been, "brought to his doorstep." When the witness looked out of his window, toward the sound of the blast, he saw nothing but flames. The reason for this explosion is undetermined, but they suspect it was because of a gas line. The fire-fighter said, "gas lines are like water lines, as the ground freezes and thaws, it tends to shift, and sometimes it cracks the pipes."

 

Allentown, Pennsylvania

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  • 4Megan February 15, 2011 at 11:02am
    that's quite the age range
  • 2kelsey February 15, 2011 at 9:26am
    That's very sad. I feel bad for all the families that were affected from this explosion. Hopefully they can recover from this.
  • 0Tanner February 15, 2011 at 9:03am
    ....Nick, to soon. lolololol
  • 3Whitney February 14, 2011 at 11:03pm
    Oh my gosh that horrible! people need to take a chill pill! I feel bad for the people who lost homes of have family effected.
  • 4Heather February 14, 2011 at 9:29pm
    Woah, according to this and Billy Joel, Allentown is not a nice place.
  • 3Ally February 14, 2011 at 9:22pm
    Awe that's terrible..  I feel really bad for the families of the ones who died.
  • 4Tony February 14, 2011 at 11:00am
    It looks like it only destroyed one house
  • 4Minden February 14, 2011 at 10:42am
    Oh my goodness.. that is so sad. It's crazy to think that could happen around here. People should probably become better educated when it comes to stuff like this.
  • 3 austin w February 14, 2011 at 10:41am
    i think we need to rebuild our whole inferstructure
  • 4DAVE February 14, 2011 at 10:37am
    it destroyed 8 homes geez thats a huge explosion. what i  don't get is how a leak leads to this gint explosion
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