Explosion, Fire at LPG Mixing Plant Threatens Several Major Exposures
An explosion at an LPG mixing plant in St. Johnsbury, Vt., shattered a fourbrick-thick building and broke a 2-inch supply pipe. Escaping LPG vaporized and ignited, sending flames up to 80 feet in the air. Arriving fire fighters set up to protect several major exposures.
The St. Johnsbury Fire Department and Chief Jerald Fournier responded to the mixing plant at 12:49 a.m. last July 26, a Sunday. Approximately four minutes before, city police had been alerted to a possible problem at the plant by a direct alarm between the mixing plant and police headquarters. Officer June Kelly was en route to investigate when the explosion shook the surrounding area, showering adjacent South Main St. with brick and debris and blowing in windows of about 12 residences.
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