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Explosion Injures One, Damages Vehicles At PA Turnpike Service Plaza
An explosion rocked the Blue Mountain Service Plaza on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Tuesday, Nov. 19, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The blast occurred in the rear commercial vehicle parking lot of the westbound plaza at mile marker 202.5 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, at approximately 4:55 a.m., authorities said. A preliminary investigation revealed the explosion was caused by a propane leak inside a 2003 Ford RV with Delaware registration, troopers reported. The vehicle was destroyed in the incident. One person inside the RV was injured and transported by EMS to Pen…
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Explosive Fatal Fire In Chester County: PA State Police (
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A house fire in Chester County involved one confirmed fatality, Pennsylvania State Police announced. "During the preliminary investigation, it has been determined that there is one confirmed fatality," state police said in a news release. The fire happened at a home on Hunters Run Road in Honey Brook Township at about 5 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 18. Troopers responded with the Honey Brook and East Brandywine fire companies to find a fully involved house fire, according to state police. An explosion caused the fire, according to multiple media outlets. However, Daily Voice has rec…
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U-Haul Explodes In Pennsylvania: Fire Officials (
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A garage and a home were damaged when a U-Haul truck exploded spraying someone's personal belongings in a Pennsylvania neighborhood, authorities announced on Monday, Sept. 2. The explosion of the 2022 Ford F-650 U-Haul box truck happened in a driveway in Lafayette Township at 4:15 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1, authorities explained. "The fully loaded 26-foot vehicle contained household and personal items," Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire Rescue stated in a release. The total cost of the damage to the U-Haul is estimated at $50,000, according to police. The cost of the d…
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'Explosion' Injures 3 Workers At Plant In Waynesboro: Authorities (
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Multiple people were injured in an explosion-like event at a manufacturing plant in South Central Pennsylvania. Emergency crews were called to the "fire department incident" at Johnson Controls located at 100 Cumberland Valley Avenue in Waynesboro at 7:23 a.m., according to emergency dispatchers in Franklin County. "An air chamber rupture," was also reported to the police. They added that the incident is contained to the facility. Three people were injured, two of whom were airlifted to hospitals, according to dispatchers and witnesses. The extent of their injuries is unknown. Daily …
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Man Killed In Carbon County Blast Was 'Experimenting With Explosives': PSP
A Lehighton man is dead after state police said he was "experimenting with explosives" on Wednesday morning, Jan. 24. It happened in a detached garage at a home on Franklin Heights Road in Weissport, Franklin Township just before 3 a.m., troopers said. The explosion caused a small fire and killed 58-year-old Steve Sensinger, police wrote in a release. Troopers and the PSP Fire Marshal Unit are continuing to investigate. (Note: This story was updated Wednesday evening with new information from Pennsylvania State Police)
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4-Year-Old Boy, Man ID'd Following Explosive Fire: York County Coroner
A 4-year-old boy and a 79-year-old man have been identified following an explosive house fire on Monday morning, according to the York County Coroner's Office. Chase Bucher, 4, of the first block of Marburg Road in Spring Grove died an accidental death caused by smoke inhalation and thermal burns, Coroner Pam Gay announced on Tuesday afternoon. Ronald Richard, 79, of 2453 Black Rock Road, West Manheim Township died at the scene but his cause and manner of death are still pending as of 4 p.m. on Jan. 9. The call to the fire that broke out at Richard's home came into the York County Depar…
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Car Burglars Blow Up Boat: Pennsylvania State Police
Serial thieves have been exploding mailboxes – and a boat, according to a release by the Pennsylvania State Police. The same group of people who were breaking into cars in Loganville Borough and Springfield Township are now believed to be blowing up other people's property using fireworks, according to PSP, Troop J, York Criminal Investigation Unit. The "criminal mischiefs and vehicle break-ins" happened between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. starting in June and continuing through August 2023, troopers said. The number of mailboxes was not shared, but the police did share that the boxes were str…
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3 People Hospitalized After Home Explodes In Lancaster County: Authorities
Three people, including a child, have been hospitalized following an explosion in Lancaster County on Friday morning, authorities say. A leaking propane tank caused an explosion which sparked a house fire in the 1400 block of Union Grove Road in East Earl Township on Dec. 23 around 4 a.m. Four people were recused from the home and two of the adults and a child were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities with the Weaverland Valley fire department. No other injuries were reported. The home is considered a "total loss" according to…
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Multiple People Injured In Explosion During Training Exercise At SCI Phoenix Prison: Officials
Multiple people were injured Thursday, Sept. 15 when an explosion occurred during a training exercise at SCI Phoenix prison in Montgomery County, officials said. The accident happened around 9:50 a.m. at the prison in Skippack Township, a county spokesperson confirmed to Daily Voice. Members of the county bomb squad were installing an explosive device for a later training exercise when it exploded prematurely, according to 6abc. The extent of the injuries was not immediately known, however, officials say multiple people were taken to the hospital. The FBI is handling the investigatio…
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Firefighters Suffer Heat Exhaustion As Crews Battle Fire At Berks County Factory: Officials
UPDATE: Firefighters suffered heat exhaustion after an explosion at a factory in Berks County, authorities said. Crews from Berks, Lancaster, and Lebanon counties were on the scene at the Reading Alloys factory on West Penn Avenue in Robesonia in response to the heavy fire around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, according to the Western Berks Fire Department. ACTIVE INCIDENT - LARGE EXPLOSION & STRUCTURE FIRE WBFD personnel and mutal aid departments are currently on scene of a... Posted by Western Berks Fire Department on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Reading Alloy manufactures and sells met…
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Six People Injured At Medical Marijuana Plant Explosion In PA
Six people were injured in an explosion at a medical marijuana plant in central Pennsylvania, authorities say. Emergency crews were called to the explosion at the Ilera Healthcare facility located at 3786 North Hess Road in Taylor Township at the Fulton and Bedford County line around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, according to emergency dispatchers. The explosion happened in an incinerator room and damage was contained to the room, reports WJAC citing Hustontown Area Volunteer Fire Company Chief Darius Deshong. Two people suffered burns and were seriously injured—requiring them to be f…
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Siblings Killed In Pottstown Home Explosion Were 'Sweet, Loved Playing Outside'
Support is surging for two Pottstown parents whose four children were killed when their home exploded early this week. Brothers Jeremiah White, 12, Nehemiah White, 10, and Tristan White, 8, along with their cousin Alana Wood, 13, died in an explosion at their Hale Street home Thursday, May 27. The boys' grandmother Francine White also died. "They were such the sweetest kids who loved the out doors, bike riding football and coming down to my place in Brigantine," reads a GoFundMe by the boys' uncle Eric Matuzsan. "They were the stars of my niece Kristina and Gene's lives. My brother Mike …
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2 Airlifted In South Jersey Home Explosion, 4 Dogs Missing
Two women were airlifted to area hospitals and at least four dogs were missing following an explosion in Vineland Wednesday, multiple news outlets were reporting. Police rescued one person from the rubble while the other walked out of the Cornucopia Avenue home her own around 12:30 p.m., abc6 reports. The home exploded with such force that the walls blew off raining holiday decorations and building debris across the yard– leave nothing but the building’s foundation, multiple outlets say. The force of the explosion blew the walls out of the building and only left the cement foundation stan…
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1 Hospitalized In Myerstown Building Explosion
An explosion at a commercial building caused a large fire that injured one person in Jackson Township early Wednesday morning, according to authorities. Fire crews including multiple tankers were called to the Lapp Carriage Shop at 372 King St., in Myerstown around 7 a.m., according to Emergency Dispatch Services. Pennsylvania State Police said only that one male was hospitalized with unknown injuries. Wagon 30, PT-30, and Tanker 30 are all currently operating at a working commercial fire with victims in the 300 block of King Street, more to come. Posted by Goodwill Fire Company No. 1…
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Massive Fire Burns Weaver Nut Company Warehouse In Lancaster County [Drone Video]
A massive fire destroyed the Weaver Nut Company warehouse in Lancaster County on Wednesday, according to area police. Fire crews were called to the warehouse located in the 1900 block of West Main Street around 6:30 p.m. An explosion was heard before the fire, according to officials. No injuries were reported. Crews left the scene around 5 a.m. on Thursday. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The retail storefront was undamaged. Weaver Nut Company has been at that location in Clay Township for nearly 50 years.
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Massive Fire At Lebanon Recycling Center Burns For Nearly 24 Hours [Photos]
Firefighters in Lebanon County fought a blaze at Consolidated Scrap Resources Sunday through Monday with cleanup into Tuesday morning. Consolidated Scrap Resources.Lebanon County Weather/Lebanon FD The fire started at the business located in the 300 block of North 14th Street just before 10:30 p.m. on Sunday. Scene of the fire at Consolidated Scrap Resources.Lebanon County Weather/Lebanon FD While battling the blaze there was an explosion which sent debris over three blocks away-- it is still unknown what caused the explosion and/or what exactly exploded. The scene of the fire at…
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NJ Man Dies Trying To Light Fire Pit, Police Say
A 56-year-old Union County man died while trying to light a fire pit but instead sparked an explosion that may have killed him, local police said. Officers arriving at the home on Warwick Road in Hillside found the man with burns covering nearly 75 percent of his body just before 4 p.m. Monday, Hillside Police Det. Natalie Ogonowski said. The man likely added an unknown accelerant to light the fire pit, causing an explosion, Ogonowki said.
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