"Gas explosion rattles north Seattle neighborhood; 2 people seriously hurt" September 27, 2011|By Associated Press
SEATTLE - A natural gas leak inside a home caused an explosion and fire that destroyed a north Seattle home and injured two residents yesterday, the Fire Department said.
A couple who lived in the house thought they smelled gas Sunday night but weren’t sure so they didn’t report it, spokesman Kyle Moore said.
“When they woke up this morning and smelled something, they were turning on things and ‘boom’ - the explosion,’’ Moore said....
Firefighters were still putting out hot spots two hours later as Puget Sound Energy crews worked to stop the natural gas leak.
About two dozen homes were evacuated. Metro buses were brought in to shelter residents from the rain and a neighborhood church was used as a shelter.
There had been a natural gas leak Sunday about five blocks away, Moore said. The utility is investigating to see if the reports are related, spokeswoman Terri-Ann Betancourt said....
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Related:
"Investigators lay the blame squarely on Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for a gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and heavily damaged a suburban neighborhood near San Francisco last year....
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