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Friday, November 28, 2008
House explosion sends man to hospital with third-degree burns
JEFFERSON TWP., Montgomery County - A man was rushed to Miami Valley Hospital with third-degree burns over 75 percent of his body after an explosion inside his home late Friday night, Nov. 28.
Fire crews responded to 40 Calumet Lane just after 9 p.m. on the report of a house fire, according to a Montgomery County Sheriff’s dispatcher.
They arrived to find the man inside and part of the house blown off, scattered all over the front yard and road, according to the Jefferson Twp. Fire Department.
The fire was extinguished and investigators found no one else inside, investigators said.
It is unclear at this time what caused the explosion, but investigators said electricity and natural gas had previously been disconnected from the structure.
The man, whose identity is unknown, is in critical condition as of 11 p.m.
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HARRISON TWP., Montgomery County - A dispute over a girl Wednesday, Nov. 26, escalated to gunshots with the shooting victim showing up at Good Samaritan Hospital, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies are investigating what led to the shooting at the Northland Village Apartments, 1952 Republic Drive, at about 6:30 p.m.
The victim’s identity, along with the shooter’s, has not been released but he expected to survive a single gunshot wound to the upper body, Sheriff Phil Plummer said.
The female told deputies the victim tried to intervene in a physical fight she was having with a male acquaintance, according to a sheriff’s report. The man she was fighting with then pulled out a gun and fired, the report stated.
The wounded man then jumped into his car and drove to the hospital, Plummer said. He has since been treated and released from the hospital.
The shooter is still at large, Plummer said. Anyone with information is urge to call 911 immediately.
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