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Suspected gas leak triggers blast that levels house near Marengo, one man injured

July 28, 2006 By admin

No one on RAGBRAI was hurt, but many of the bicyclists may’ve been awakened early this morning in Marengo by an explosion that leveled a house. The home of 73-year-old Dave Stevens is four miles south of Marengo — at least it used to be. About 1-20 A-M, he got out of bed and turned on a light which apparently triggered a blast so powerful, the house is now considered a total loss. The Iowa County sheriff says Stevens was badly hurt and it took him about 40 minutes to crawl to an outbuilding to find a working phone and call 9-1-1. Stevens was airlifted to University Hospitals in Iowa City. His condition report hasn’t been released. The sheriff says a natural gas leak is suspected of causing the explosion. The state Fire Marshal’s office is investigating.

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