Fire Chief Urges Vigilance After Ghent Blast

by Barry Mcconaghey | February 2, 2007 at 04:51 pm
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February 2, 2007 West Virginia - After Tuesday's explosion in Ghent that leveled a convenience store and killed four people, including two volunteer firefighters, some Raleigh County emergency officials are re-examining how they handle such calls. "We just have to be more vigilant and guard against making these kind of calls just routine," Beckley Fire Department Capt. Billie Trump said Wednesday. Getting a call about a gas smell - as the Ghent Volunteer Fire Department did just before the explosion ...

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