Oregon Home Explosion Sends Four to Hospitals

Two adults and two children burned in Forest Grove blast


| Tuesday, March 5, 2013


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FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) — Police in the town of Forest Grove, Ore., say a Monday night explosion damaged a home and sent four people to a hospital.

Capt. Mike Herb tells The Oregonian (http://is.gd/3KEYOR ) that a man suffered serious burns. A woman and two children were taken to a hospital for evaluation.

Herb says the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.

The explosion's cause was under investigation. No dollar damage estimate was immediately available.

Forest Grove is west of Portland.

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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.



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