8 Injured as Leaking Gas Erupts in ‘Wall of Flame’
United Press International
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska —
Propane leaked from an air base storage building and exploded Wednesday, injuring eight people and shooting a “wall of flame 100 feet in the air,” Air Force officials said. They said that two airmen and two civilians working in the frame building were burned and four firefighters suffered smoke inhalation.
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