Associated Press:
MILWAUKEE (AP) - An explosion that may have started in a large propane tank devastated an industrial complex near downtown Milwaukee Wednesday morning, killing three people and injuring dozens, Mayor Tom Barrett said. An unconfirmed number of people were missing.
The explosion ignited a fire at a Falk Corp. warehouse near the Potawatomi casino and about a half mile from Miller Park, where the Milwaukee Brewers play, fire Chief William Wendtland said.
Falk employee David L. Mays, 61, said the company began to evacuate workers Wednesday morning after a leak occurred in one of six large propane tanks behind a building workers call the annex. He and others were outside when the tank exploded, he said.
"It sounded like when I was in Vietnam, incoming mortar rounds," said Mays, an Army veteran.
The concussion of the explosion knocked him down and flipped over his car, destroying it.
"But I'm OK," Mays said as a single tear rolled down his left cheek.
Three people died, 37 were injured and more workers were missing, Barrett said at an afternoon news conference.
I lost my internet connection this morning and couldn't connect for most of the day. I called my ISP and they told me that this accident had knocked out a major trunk.
I'm fairly cool with the inconvenience though. The way I look at it, three people were killed, while I lost my internet for a day.
I got off easy...
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