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Propane Explosion in Princess Anne Injures Man

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An explosion at the Peninsula Oil Company sent one employee to the hospital with an injury to his hand in Princess Anne around 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that a pilot light set off propane from a gas leak under the house.

The employee was taken to the Johns Hopkins Bayview Burn Center.

The paper reports that the blast resulted in $15-thousand in damage.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.