5 injured in OR propane explosion

The fire broke out just after 11 a.m. at a construction site at an Alderwood Water and Waste District facility in the 6300 block of Picnic Point Road.

Witnesses report hearing the explosion across the area and one said they could see a smoke column rising from the scene.

"We thought we heard two sonic booms. The house rattled, the windows rattled," said Elizabeth Gray. "I was afraid the windows would break. And I was almost knocked off my gardening stool it was so huge."

Leslie Hynes with Snohomish County Fire District 1 says five people at the site were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She didn't know the extent of their injuries.

Hynes said crews were loading a 1,000 gallon propane tank on a truck to be taken away from the site when it exploded. There is no word yet what caused the explosion.


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