HAVEN, Kan. (AP) – Fire investigators say a propane gas leak is
the likely cause of a fire and explosion that killed a Missouri
woman and injured three other people.
Brad Agnew, an agent with the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s
Office, says the explosion Sunday at a home near Cheney Lake was
typical of a propane explosion. He says the furnace ignited the
propane but it’s unclear where the propane leak originated.
The Hutchinson News reports that Agnew
says a man was in the home working on a water heater but
investigators don’t think the water heater was involved in the
explosion.
The explosion killed 60-year-old Mary Lou Hemmy, of
Independence, Mo. The homeowner, her daughter and the man working
on the water heater were injured.