▁explos ion ▁at ▁Fort ▁Le aven worth ▁today ▁destroyed ▁ 1 0 ▁army ▁air plan es , ▁seriously ▁dam aging ▁a ▁$ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁hang ar , ▁and ▁caused ▁a ▁total ▁loss ▁estimated ▁by ▁army ▁officers ▁at ▁nearly ▁half ▁a ▁million ▁dollars . ▁The ▁explos ion ▁which ▁started ▁the ▁bla ze ▁occurred ▁early ▁this ▁morning , ▁while ▁six ▁men ▁were ▁sleep ing ▁in ▁one ▁wing ▁of ▁the ▁building . ▁Al most ▁mi rac ul ously , ▁however , ▁no ▁one ▁was ▁injured ▁by ▁the ▁fier ce ▁fl ames ▁or ▁the ▁explos ions ▁which ▁occurred ▁one ▁after ▁another ▁of ▁the ▁plan es , ▁all ▁with ▁gas oline ▁in ▁their ▁t anks , ▁became ▁ign ited . ▁The ▁plan es ▁which ▁were ▁destroyed ▁included ▁four ▁observation ▁ships , ▁a ▁bom ber , ▁four ▁two - pass enger ▁B . ▁T . ▁type ▁plan es , ▁and ▁a ▁purs uit ▁plane . ▁Total ▁value ▁of ▁the ▁aircraft , ▁it ▁was ▁estimated , ▁was ▁around ▁$ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁Dam age ▁to ▁the ▁hang ar , ▁which ▁was ▁completed ▁less ▁than ▁a ▁year ▁ago , ▁was ▁estimated ▁at ▁$ 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁In ▁addition , ▁great ▁loss ▁in ▁flying ▁equipment ▁was ▁reported . ▁Consider able ▁experimental ▁equipment , ▁for ▁blind ▁flying ▁and ▁other ▁purposes , ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁hang ar , ▁and ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁total ▁loss . ▁S gt . ▁D . ▁L . ▁Log an , ▁who ▁has ▁been ▁at