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| Explosion topples Connecticut church | |
| 2004-09-10 | |
COLCHESTER, Connecticut -- A powerful blast leveled a decades-old Ukrainian church early Friday, shaking nearby buildings and tossing debris hundreds of feet. No injuries were reported. The cause of the 7 a.m. explosion at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church was not immediately clear. The brick building had an indoor propane tank for cooking, state police Sgt. J. Paul Vance said. The area was cordoned off and the nearby highway was shut down, Vance said. The pastor and his family were safely evacuated from their adjacent home, said the Rev. Michael Dubovici, of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford, the seat of the church's diocese. The church, built in 1955, serves 55 families. Members had been preparing for a Ukrainian festival in Stamford this weekend. Colchester, a town of 4,500, is about 20 miles southeast of Hartford.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 An indoor propane tank? That's just nuts. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2004-09-10 7:47:43 PM |
| #6 Men's cooking crew drunk as lords again I'll wager. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-10 5:46:43 PM |
| #5 Damn those Presbyterians and their holy war! |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-09-10 2:54:04 PM |
| #4 Low order explosion. As evidenced by the large pieces of wall that was layed over and the insulation batts that were still hanging over still attached rafters. Also there seemed to be no particular focal point of the explosion. Probably just a valve that was not turned off completely or a leaking connection. |
| Posted by: Old Fogey 2004-09-10 2:41:20 PM |
| #3 It could. There was a case in San Francisco a few years ago of a three-story brick building destroyed this way. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2004-09-10 2:08:00 PM |
| #2 Thank goodness there were no injuries! Could a propane cooking tank do that? |
| Posted by: B 2004-09-10 1:42:36 PM |
| #1 Propane sinks. Happens frequently at Tahoe. Page 2 unless there's evidence to the contrary. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-10 1:40:47 PM |