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'Catastrophic explosion' at Virginia home reminds firefighter of 2011 Henrico blast
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A "catastrophic explosion" at a Virginia home that killed one firefighter and injured about a dozen people over the weekend may have been caused by a gas leak.
Though the official cause of the explosion is still under investigation, Loudon County fire officials say they responded to a smell of gas around a home in Sterling around 7:30 Friday night.
They later found a 500-pound propane tank underneath the home at the epicenter of the explosion leaking gas.
That kind of damage reminds Henrico Fire Battalion Chief Doug Reynolds of something he saw in Varina about 13 years ago.
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