Tag: explosion
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Water heater ‘likely’ to blame for Pueblo County home explosion that killed 2
The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control has preliminarily determined the installation of a water heater “likely caused” a home in rural eastern Pueblo County to explode and kill its two occupants on Jan. 8. Tammy Brown, 66, and Daniel Conner, 79, were both identified as the victims by the Pueblo County coroner as…
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Colorado Springs residents evacuated Monday night after shed explodes
A Colorado Springs home and several neighboring residents were evacuated Monday night after a shed exploded then caught fire, police reported. Located in the 2500 block of East Dale Street, near Platte Avenue and Circle Drive, the shed exploded at around 5:30 p.m. and was engulfed in flames by the time first responders arrived, according…
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2 killed in explosion at Pueblo County home on Thursday
An explosion and subsequent fire at a home in rural eastern Pueblo County killed a man and a woman, local officials announced in an update on Friday. Multiple fire and law enforcement agencies responded to an explosion at the home, near 57th Lane and Cherry Road in Boone, on Thursday, according to reporting from Gazette…
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Boulder County prosecutors’ evidence insufficient for attempted murder charges, appeals court agrees
Colorado’s second-highest court agreed last week that Boulder County prosecutors fell short of demonstrating a man likely attempted extreme indifference murder against multiple SWAT officers when he set off an explosion in his hotel room, causing window damage without any injuries. Prosecutors charged Leon Kiyoshi Gladwell with attempted extreme indifference murder. Under Colorado law, a person…
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Colorado Springs home explosion leaves 3 injured
One adult, one child and one police officer were injured in an explosion at a home on the south side of Colorado Springs on Sunday night, according to an online blotter entry. Police were in the area of the 3700 block of Strawberry Field Grove, near Cheyenne Meadows Road and Westmeadow Drive, just before 8…
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Update: Incident near Ray Nixon Power Plant leaves one injured
A contract employee working near an ash landfill south of the Ray Nixon and Front Range power plants south of Fountain was injured Thursday, prompting the worker to be taken by helicopter to Denver. Neither power plant was involved or affected by the accident, according to Colorado Springs Utilities, which put out a statement about…
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Fountain plans new greenway to improve safety, commemorate historic blast site
The city of Fountain has a vision for a new greenway that could run along the railroad on the southern end of town and commemorate the site of a historic train explosion. Train cars broke loose in Colorado Springs during May 1888 and crashed into freight cars in Fountain, including one filled with explosives that…
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Colorado Springs police sniff for suspects after portable toilet explodes
Colorado Springs police found remnants of bomb materials after a portable toilet at a construction site exploded Sunday night, the agency said. Officers responded to the 1700 block of Dublin Boulevard where residents near a construction site reported the sound of a loud explosion. The incident took place near Dublin and Academy boulevards, near a…