Oliver Springs: No injuries when gas causes explosion

Posted at 11:22 pm September 17, 2017
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 7 Comments

Oliver Springs Fire Department

The Oliver Springs Fire Department said it responded to a report of an explosion on Tri County Boulevard at Mahoney Road on Sunday evening.

“On arrival, members found a large brush pile that was on fire,” the Fire Department said in a post online. “The cause of the explosion was due to the use of gasoline as a source for ignition.”

There were no injuries or property damage. The fire was extinguished by Oliver Springs Fire Department personnel.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

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njengland says

September 18, 2017 at 1:15 am

No wonder that explosion was so loud. I live at the corner of Mississippi and West Outer…. and when Mississippi used to extend down to Oliver Springs (as when I moved in about 55 years ago) it met Mahoney Road at about the spot of this explosion. Directly below my house by maybe a half mile. Rattled everything in the house!!

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- Ellen Smith says
  
  September 21, 2017 at 12:28 am
  
  The way our house shook, I thought a large branch had landed on the roof — never mind that the weather was perfectly calm.
  
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  - njengland says
    
    September 21, 2017 at 12:31 am
    
    That sure was a wowser, wasn’t it, Ellen !? My first reaction was to look out from the deck (south-facing) to see if an airplane had crashed into the hill.
    
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    - Ellen Smith says
      
      September 21, 2017 at 8:29 pm
      
      The Oliver Springs Fire Department report makes it sound pretty inconsequential, but that’s definitely not the impression that folks in west Oak Ridge had.
      
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      - johnhuotari says
        
        September 22, 2017 at 11:12 am
        
        We’ve received reports of people hearing that explosion from near Cedar Hill Park to Wellington Circle to west Oak Ridge, so I followed up with Oliver Springs Fire Department and have additional information I will try to post when I can.
      - johnhuotari says
        
        September 22, 2017 at 4:20 pm
        
        Hi, Ellen. We published another story here: http://oakridgetoday.com/2017/09/22/os-fire-chief-provides-information-explosion-caused-gas-poured-barn-debris/
        
        I hope that helps. Thank you.
      - Ellen Smith says
        
        September 22, 2017 at 8:08 pm
        
        Thanks, John. The new article clarifies the nature of the event. It’s remarkably good luck that the man and his son avoided injury.

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