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happybird

(4,608 posts) Sat Feb 17, 2024, 12:14 AM Feb 17

Home Explosion in Sterling (Loudoun)

One firefighter dead, 11 injured. People as far away as Rockville reported hearing and feeling the explosion. That is insane.

https://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2024/02/possible-house-explosion-rocks-loudoun-co-2/
Aerial video footage of the site in the link.

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Home Explosion in Sterling (Loudoun) (Original Post) happybird Feb 17 OP

WOW Lithos Feb 17 #1

wow-- I lived there back in the 60s and 70s mike_c Feb 17 #2

Leaking 500-gallon propane tank appeared to cause massive home blast mahatmakanejeeves Feb 17 #3

Lithos

(26,403 posts)

1. WOW

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Sat Feb 17, 2024, 01:09 AM

Feb 17

mike_c

(36,281 posts)

2. wow-- I lived there back in the 60s and 70s

Reply to happybird (Original post)

Sat Feb 17, 2024, 02:59 PM

Feb 17

Misspent my youth there. That sounds like a massive explosion. One of my wife's friends called her from Sterling this morning and told her about it.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,484 posts)

3. Leaking 500-gallon propane tank appeared to cause massive home blast

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Sat Feb 17, 2024, 04:58 PM

Feb 17

LOCAL CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

Leaking 500-gallon propane tank appeared to cause massive home blast

Authorities identified a firefighter killed in the explosion as 45-year-old Trevor Brown of the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company.

By Nicki Jhabvala, Justin Jouvenal, Olivia Diaz and Clarence Williams
Updated February 17, 2024 at 2:20 p.m. EST|Published February 17, 2024 at 9:22 a.m. EST

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