August 19, 2010
By: Bruce Berry
The blaze that recently caused an estimated $10,000 in damage to a duplex home in Marion, Ohio, may have been caused by an explosion of flammable vapors that collected in the home's ductwork, according to the Marion Star newspaper.
Fire department Captain Gary Redd told the paper that, while his team of investigators was still trying to determine the precise causes of the fire, there did not appear to be anything suspicious in the blaze's origins. The fire, which broke out on Tuesday evening, took fire crews four hours to contain and extinguish, the paper reported.
No one was hurt in the Marion fire, but construction workers on one Connecticut project were less lucky, as another conflagration caused by flammable gas buildup claimed the lives of six employees at Kleen Energy Systems in February, according to The Chemical Engineer. That news site said that the lead contractors whose carelessness was said to be at the heart of the problem have bigger concerns than a multi-million-dollar business insurance claim - criminal charges may yet be filed against them.
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