Utah
4 injured in Deer Valley yurt explosion
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PARK CITY — 4 folks had been injured in a yurt explosion at Deer Valley on Wednesday afternoon.
At 2:10 pm, Park Metropolis Fireplace District obtained a name a couple of gasoline odor, a “whoosh” noise and an explosion, mentioned Battalion Chief Darren Nelson.
“There was a reasonably large concussive blast for the individuals who had been contained in the yurt on the time, they usually had been instantly cared for,” Nelson mentioned. “There was no vital hearth to talk of. It was shortly mitigated.”
The 4 folks contained in the yurt had been transported to a hospital with minor accidents, Nelson mentioned.
He mentioned he believes the incident was associated to a restore situation, as upkeep was being executed on the yurt’s furnace on the time of the explosion.
“Clearly the trigger is beneath investigation, but it surely was positively a gasoline explosion,” Nelson mentioned.
He mentioned gasoline pipelines are unable to deal with the additional excessive snow hundreds this season, resulting in incidents resembling this explosion.
The yurt sustained vital inside injury and will likely be closed for the remainder of the season.