Natural Gas Explosion Kills At Least Five Firefighters in Belgium

At least five of the dead and many of the injured were believed to have been volunteer firefighters responding to the call
July 30, 2004
AP Photo/Pascal Rossignol, Pool
A firefighter hoses down the smoldering remains of a collapsed building after a gas pipeline exploded in the industrial zone of Ghislenghien, some 20 miles southeast of Brussels.
A firefighter hoses down the smoldering remains of a collapsed building after a gas pipeline exploded in the industrial zone of Ghislenghien, some 20 miles southeast of Brussels.
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