Explosion damages apartment building in Youngstown, Youngstown OH
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, an explosion caused by a gas leak damaged an apartment building near Meridian Road in Youngstown, Ohio. The blast destroyed part of the building, leaving some apartments completely ruined. The fire department retrieved personal items, and residents are being relocated to other housing nearby.
Audio|Heard on: Youngstown Amateur Radio
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Transcript:
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I lost quite a bit of stuff in the explosion, but little by little, I'm getting everything back, and that starts with family and people I love.
00:10
So, you know,
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warm holidays to you.
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And thank God that we're alive.
00:17
And all I can say is, you know, I can't thank God enough.
00:23
K-E-8 and K-I, and I'll wait for your response.
00:28
Hey, Josh,
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did they ever figure out what caused that explosion? Go ahead.
00:36
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
00:38
There was a lot of speculation, a lot of rumors,
00:41
but the chief engineer said it on TV 21 that it was officially a gas leak.
00:49
They're not exactly sure how the explosion started.
00:53
They're going to put 24 seniors,
00:56
and they opened up, like,
01:00
I think it's a college dorm for them on the Struthers side.
01:04
and then they're going to put 65 back in the remaining building, well, back in Austintown, Phoenix House,
01:14
that their building's still intact.
01:16
Mine, however, was on the blast side.
01:19
There's nothing left, nothing left at all.
01:22
The fire department had to go in and retrieve at least my wallet and the paperwork they can get with, you know, tactical.
01:33
things like that, or I don't know how they do it, but they went in there and I was allowed to sand in the threshold and just tell them what I needed, but I can only take, you know, odds and ends, like...
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Location mentioned:
N Meridian Rd # 1, Youngstown, OH 44509
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