THE LIVINGSTON, NEW YORK, FIRE DEPARTMENT responded to a propane leak call Sunday around 11 am in the town of Gallatin, Columbia County. Just as the first-in engine pulled up in front, the house exploded violently and started burning.
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The explosion rocked the entire neighborhood and demolished the entire house. Firefighters immediately pulled three adults out of the burning rubble, all of whom were conscious. The three victims were a couple in their 60′s who live there with their grown son who is in his 40′s. Two of them were flown to a burn center and the third was transported by ambulance.
A 200-lb. propane tank next to the house was still intact as the FD was trying to determine what ignited the gas. The family had been away on vacation and arrived home to find the house filled with the gas when they called the FD.
The Daily Freeman has the STORY.
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