An explosion at Abundant Life Church in Boonville, NY, injured five people, including four firefighters and the pastor, following reports of a gas leak.
An explosion at an upstate New York church injured five people Tuesday as firefighters investigated a reported gas leak that left the building a total loss.
The morning explosion at Abundant Life Church in Boonville, N.Y., occurred around 10:30 a.m., shortly after two people at the church reported smelling gas and called the propane company. Firefighters were sent to the scene, and officials said four of them were in the basement when a propane furnace turned on, triggering the blast. A fifth firefighter on the first floor was thrown against the wall, the Associated Press reported. He was trying to ventilate the building.
Emergency crews are responding to a reported gas explosion at Abundant Life church in Boonville.
Four members of the Boonville Fire Department were taken to the hospital, as was the church’s pastor, Brandon Pitts, 43. Police said all five were in critical but stable condition.
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