Firefighter Dennis Leger recapped his experience during a massive explosion Friday that leveled a strip club, damaged at least 45 buildings in downtown Sprinfield (MA) and injured nearly two dozen people, reports The Republican.
Leger, aide to acting Fire Commissioner Joseph A. Conant, said he was responding to what he believed was a routine call regarding a natural gas leak when the building housing the Scores Gentlemen’s Club at 453 Worthington St. went up in a fiery blast that was heard and felt from miles away.
“I turned to look at it and all this stuff started hitting me and going past me — bricks and boards — and I started running and they were moving faster than I was, they were passing me,” Leger said.
At some point, Leger said, he realized that he was out of the immediate danger zone and he stopped and peered back into what was now a white-gray cloud of dust and concrete powder enveloping the area.
“I looked back and all I could see was the cloud, and it started to dissipate,” Leger said. “Everybody was on the ground.”
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