Harrisonburg businesses shaken by explosion ignite support
An explosion was heard around Harrisonburg this morning on S. Main St. Three people were hospitalized and the scene is currently being investigated. Where once stood Element Vapors, Halal Market and Sweets, Naza Salon & Barber Shop, Hometown Music and Blue Sprocket, dominates a mountain of jagged rubble. A chain-link fence guards an already devastated space. It keeps out owners like Salwa Mahdi. As the manager of Naza Salon, she woke that morning to a phone call about smoke near her building and an earlier text from her co-worker: âI smell bad gas, Iâm going to call emergenc...