[ConservativeStatement]

Maybe one of the dancers had "Fuel" by Metallica cranked.

[driftdiver]

Didn’t this just happen in Indiana? They are condemning 37 homes there and this looks bigger.

[ThomasThomas]

I read that the reason the city in “The Simpsons” is name Springfield is most states have a city by that name.

[Amagi]

Homer Simpson has worked as Nuclear Safety Inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, so he's probably not to be blamed.
I hope that he and everyone else are safe enough.

[taildragger]

Your are not going to believe this, I may know person that is support staff. Haven’t spoken to them in years. Need to contact someone who is tight with them to make sure they are aok....

[AU72]

Th NY Genovese Family has a stake in the strip clubs in the neighborhood. Maybe it was “God forbid you should have an accident!”

[FatherofFive]

Without pictures this thread is useless

[TheRhinelander]

Safe efficient natural gas, *BOOM*

[Cvengr]

Since they had over an hour to work on it and the story didn’t even report the name of the gas utility company involved, there is ample evidence that this might not be a gas explosion.

[gotribe]

Did not look like a ng explosion imho

[Mister Da]

Fat pole dancer practicing on a gas line?

[Myrddin]

Check out the map below. Pins indicate explosions believed to be from methane seeping from the ground. Save the link. New pin locations added as explosions are identified.

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[Fester Chugabrew]

GPS Coordinates:

42° 6’24.00”N
72°35’20.85”W

Photo in Boston Herald taken from 50-100 feet northeast, with black on orange . . .

TR
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. . . being the truck rental/U-Haul place on the other side of street from club. FWIW.