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Gas leak … spark … then chaos: Report on investigation of explosion describes scene before, after blast shook city

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The Oct. 9 explosion levels one house (left) and caused a fire that destroyed the house next door. (Independent file photo by Ken Farveer)

Shortly after 2:30 p.m. Oct. 9, a Woodstock firefighter was walking east on Lincoln Avenue west of Tryon Street, where streets had been closed while the odor of gas was being investigated. Next door, a couple had just climbed into their car in the driveway to go get something to eat before work. At 2:38, […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Picture of Larry Lough

Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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