Tennessee Man Severely Burned in Home Explosion

A home explosion in Union County, Tennessee, left a 68-year-old man with severe burns, WBIR reported. The incident happened on the 3000 block of Hickory Valley Road sometime before 1:30 p.m. Daniel Rice, the Paulette fire chief, said the Paulette Volunteer Fire Department believes a propane heater caused the explosion. Fire officials have hypothesized that the size of the explosion suggests that the fail-safe did not shut the propane off.

The Paulette Volunteer Fire Department was the lead agency at the site and was joined by fire departments from across the county. Firefighters ceased work while the fire was still burning, as they determined there was no danger to the surrounding area and the site was too unsafe to extinguish the remaining flames. Rice called the house a total loss. The victim was flown from the scene by Life Star to the University of Tennessee Medical Center and was subsequently transferred to the Vanderbilt Burn Center.

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