Woman Taken To Hospital After Oxygen Tank Explosion In Coraopolis
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — A woman was hurt in an explosion in Coraopolis Sunday night.
An oxygen tank inside a house on 4th Avenue blew up around 10 p.m.
Firefighters say the woman was smoking.
Coraopolis Fire Chief Larry Byrge tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that a 59-year-old woman was severely burned and her 60-year-old husband burned his hands while trying to help her. There's no word on their conditions.
There was no fire reported inside the house.
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