OR retirement home explosion kills 1, injures several
An explosion at an Oregon retirement home has killed one resident and wounded several others. The authorities are still investigating the cause of the explosion.
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An explosion at an Oregon retirement home has killed one resident and wounded several others. The authorities are still investigating the cause of the explosion.
ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) — One person was killed and several were hurt in an explosion early Wednesday at a retirement home north of Portland in St. Helens, Oregon. Emergency crews were called just after midnight to the Columbia Hills Retirement Center complex, where six of the 31 units were on fire, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported .
One person was killed and several were hurt in an explosion at a retirement home in St. Helens, Oregon.
A police officer and a firefighter were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injures and have been released, Columbia River Fire & Rescue said.
The wildfire smoke that filled the sky over Columbia County over the past weekend is slowly diminishing as the winds shift and rain moves in from the Pacific Ocean.