Posted on 12/23/2010 8:19:18 PM PST by Wile E Coyote Genius
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- An explosion was reported at a closed gas station in the 1400 block of Dixie Highway.
Louisville police said several people reported an explosion at the corner of Dixie Highway and Standard Avenue around 12:15 p.m. Thursday.
The explosion damaged a truck.
Officials said a man was using a chainsaw between the gas station and another building and the sparks set residual gas fumes on fire.
There were no injuries reported.
According to Louisville police spokeswoman Carey Klain, Steven Askew, the man with the chainsaw, was there to steal piping.
Askew, 48, is charged with first-degree wanton endangerment and first-degree criminal mischief
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