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Posted on 10/18/2006 9:29:10 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana
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from lubbockonline.com: Lubbock police are investigating a possible explosion at 1000 block of Teak.
A blast just afer 9:30 a.m. rattled buildings in the downtown area.
Early reports say three builidngs were heavily damaged with one levelled, and a fourth bulding sustained moderate damage. A portion of a tank that exploded was located at East Main Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Reports of two injuries came from emergency responders to the scene.
Continue to check LubbockOnline.com for more details as they arrive.
Fuel storage tank?........
There is no truth to the rumor that Natalie Maines had cleared the buffet tables at Ryan's Steakhouse.
Hopefully, the 2 injuries are all there are.
Hub City Ping
sounds like explosive gas. I should be lucky that the food I ate last night didn't cause such an explosion. I would have leveled my block if I was near any open flame.
What kind of Tank?
Do we know yet?
they're saying propane tank.
That'll do it
Møøslimbs?
the kcbd.com link at very top I don't think requires registration, but the lubbockonline.com one does.
Propane tank, eh? That will level a building..
ping?
More news from Lubbock!
Thanks for the ping - not near campus thankfully, but sad for those nearby.
Here is the location link:
http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=harmon+tank+company+lubbock&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=33.594889,-101.84412&spn=0.132979,0.2314&om=1
Has Tech started B-Ball practice yet ... could just be Bobby Knight doing what he does best ... or maybe Leach at practice ... ya know he ain't happy after the Colorado game ... I just figured he'd be passed out drunk at a local bar, though. ;-)
Propane tanks seldom detonate themselves , except in 110+ in the shade temperatures. Not your average Lubbock temperatures for mid October.
More info from another news outlet (one part is not for the sensitive):
Explosion And Fire
By: Dave Walker (edited for the web by James Clark)
Police and EMS have been called to Broadway and Zenith. Updated 11:13 am for photograph.
Police and EMS were called to the intersection of Broadway St. and Teak Ave. It's about one block east of Broadway and MLK so expect traffic delays at that major intersection. Either a fuel tank or a fuel truck exploded. At least two people have been injured. We do not have their names nor do we have their conditions.
This happened at Harmon Tank Company at about 9:30 am. The company repairs cargo tanks. The company's main building was damaged along with two other buildings and at least one vehicle.
Broken glass has been scattered as far as one block away. Eyewitnesses indicate one man was blown through a building wall in this explosion. When we first arrived at the scene there was a smell of petroleum. By 10:30 that smell was gone.
One man was injured indirectly by the explosion. He was in a nearby funeral home when the explosion caused a chandelier to fall and strike his head.
At approximately 10:45 we recieved the following information from Lubbock ISD.
"Some parents have called LISD schools concerned about the status of the schools in the area of the explosion this morning. Our schools are fine and children are safe. Classes are continuing as usual. LISD Police are monitoring the situation." The LISD statement repeats the line, "children are safe."
The final sentence of the urgent alert from LISD says, "The building that formerly housed Posey Elementary and is closest to the area of the explosion is no longer a school."
Thanks -
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