Fire Inspectors with the provincial department of Fire Marshal’s office are on scene to determine the cause of a gas explosion at the Silver Birch Manor seniors apartments Sydney, N.S. Saturday February 10, 2024. The acting fire chief in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality says an explosion that damaged a seniors residence and seriously injured one person late Friday afternoon was likely caused by snow sliding off a roof and damaging a propane tank line. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Vaughan Merchant [Photo credit: Staff]
Heavy snow falling off roof onto propane line caused Cape Breton seniors home blast
The acting fire chief in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality says an explosion that damaged a seniors residence and seriously injured one person was likely caused by snow sliding off a roof and damaging a propane tank line.
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