Gas leak caused Taunton house explosion that severely burned mother and child
A natural gas leak caused the house explosion in Taunton that left a mother and her child with potentially life-threatening burns.
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Brandon Truitt is a general assignment reporter for WBZ-TV.
Truitt joined WBZ in January 2022 after working as a reporter and fill-in anchor at WPRI in Providence, Rhode Island. Before WPRI, Truitt worked at WNCT in Greenville, North Carolina, where he began his career in broadcast journalism.
A native of Waynesville, North Carolina, Truitt is a graduate of Western Carolina University where he earned a B.S. in both Broadcast Journalism and Political Science.
A natural gas leak caused the house explosion in Taunton that left a mother and her child with potentially life-threatening burns.
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