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Lake Wilson, Minnesota Virtually Destroyed By Explosion
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| Minneapolis News
Posted on 01/13/2004 8:05:06 PM PST by I_love_weather
Trying to find more information...
Photographs look like a tornado hit the town. Many businesses and homes totally destroyed.
Large explosion near the fire department.
Believe to be propane explosion.
Will search for links...
Did not see this posted...sorry if it has been.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: explosion; propane; propaneaccessories
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To: I_love_weather
http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_013135058.html Explosion Rocks Lake Wilson In SW Minnesota
Jan 13, 2004 12:46 pm US/Central
Lake Wilson, Minn. (AP) An explosion destroyed two fire halls and shattered windows at business along Main Street in Lake Wilson, Minnesota, authorities said Tuesday.
Broadcast report
No injuries were immediately reported in the blast, which occurred around 11:15 p.m. Monday. The cause of the explosion remained under investigation.
"It was quite a boom. They heard it probably 20 miles away," Mayor Neal Gilbertson said.
Gilbertson, who lives three blocks away from the blast site, said the force of the explosion knocked dishes out of his cupboards.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty was scheduled to survey the damage Tuesday afternoon.
One of the fire houses all but disappeared in the blast, while the explosion knocked the other one down, said Don Nielsen, city maintenance supervisor.
"One's totally gone and there ain't much left of the other," Nielsen said.
Homes within about two blocks also were damaged, and the main power line through the town of roughly 300 was knocked down, he said.
Lake Wilson is in Murray County, about 40 miles south of Marshall.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:08:21 PM PST
by
Diddle E. Squat
(www.firethebcs.com, www.weneedaplayoff.com, www.firemackbrown.com)
To: Terriergal
You anywhere near this???
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:09:23 PM PST
by
cavtrooper21
(Coffee, the elixir of life..or something resembling life.)
To: Admin Moderator
FYI, this happened almost 24 hours ago, and no injuries were reported.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:09:41 PM PST
by
Diddle E. Squat
(www.firethebcs.com, www.weneedaplayoff.com, www.firemackbrown.com)
To: I_love_weather
To: I_love_weather
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:12:19 PM PST
by
terilyn
To: I_love_weather
To: I_love_weather
To: I_love_weather
Lake Wilson, Minnesota
Back to Minnesota, United States. Current weather forecast for Lake Wilson, MN
Population (year 2000): 270 Males: 136 (50.4%), Females: 134 (49.6%) Land area: 0.4 square miles Zip code: 56151 Median resident age: 44.4 years Median household income: $28,375 (year 2000) Median house value: $22,200 (year 2000) Races in Lake Wilson:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.2%)
- Hispanic (4.1%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (51.5%), Dutch (25.6%), Norwegian (19.6%), Swedish (6.7%), Irish (4.1%), English (3.3%). |
To: I_love_weather
To: I_love_weather
It was a miracle people were not killed...
To: I_love_weather
To: I_love_weather
Do they have a cause yet?
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:19:37 PM PST
by
sarasmom
(Punish France. Ignore Germany. Forgive Russia.)
To: I_love_weather
A couple of years ago a house a mile away blew up due to a a propane explosion. Hit happened at around 6 in the morning. Both my wife and I were snapped out of a sound sleep and were doing a "What the ... was that??". I got up looked around and didn't see anything unusual. Clear skies, no thunder, went back to sleep. Went into town later that morning, turned the corner and there was nothing left of the house but debris. Literally. There was a cement foundation, the propane tank and sticks, insulation, scraps of metal everywhere. You could tell the direction of the explosiong by where the most debris was. Killed both occupants of the house. They found their bodies in several parts in some surrounding trees.
To: I_love_weather
Thanks for posting the pictures. Incredible. I cannot believe nobody was hurt.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:21:29 PM PST
by
terilyn
To: ThePythonicCow
Lake Wilson, Minnesota
Back to Minnesota, United States.
Current weather forecast for Lake Wilson, MN
Population (year 2000): 270
Males: 136 (50.4%), Females: 134 (49.6%)
Additional notation: In 2004 half the town was destroyed when a propane tank was kicked over by a cow owned by one Mrs. O'Leery. The vapors from the now-valveless tank were soon ignited when a pump motor kicked on, explosively igniting the vapors ...
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:24:20 PM PST
by
_Jim
( <--- Ann Coulter speaks on gutless Liberals (RealAudio files))
To: Diddle E. Squat
Gilbertson, who lives three blocks away from the blast site, said the force of the explosion knocked dishes out of his cupboards. Stop the presses.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:25:41 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: _Jim
Population (year 2000): 270 I wonder if they ever got a Hee Haw salute.
To: Moonman62; I_love_weather; ThePythonicCow; _Jim
One of the fire houses all but disappeared in the blast, while the explosion knocked the other one down, said Don Nielsen, city maintenance supervisor. How does a town with 170 people get to have TWO fire stations?
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:44:58 PM PST
by
nepdap
To: I_love_weather
info appears pretty exaggerated based on further reports.....almost every single building appears to be doing just fine.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:45:34 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
("Men stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up as if nothing had happened." Churchill)
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