A natural gas explosion rocked an apartment complex for enlisted personnel at Fort Benjamin Harrison Army base, killing a 5-year old girl and injuring 17 residents and rescuers. Three people were still listed in critical condition. Other members of her family were among the injured, Downing said. Fire authorities were called in about 5:45pm, 3 hours before the blast, after people reported smelling gas. The gas was turned off at the housing unit where the leak was thought to be, but while that building was being evacuated, a unit 800-1000 feet away, where the gas had not been turned off, blew up. In this photo provided by the U.S. Army, soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division walk through a tunnel during training on May 12, 2017 near Camp Taji, Iraq.
A natural gas explosion rocked an apartment complex for enlisted personnel at Fort Benjamin Harrison Army base, killing a 5-year old girl and injuring 17 residents and rescuers. Three people were still listed in critical condition. Fire authorities were called in about 5:45pm, 3 hours before the blast, after people reported smelling gas. The gas was turned off at the housing unit where the leak was thought to be, but while that building was being evacuated, a unit 800-1000 feet away, where the gas had not been turned off, blew up. In this photo provided by the U.S. Army, soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division walk through a tunnel during training on May 12, 2017 near Camp Taji, Iraq.