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Explosion in Edgewood Home Caused by Disconnected Gas Range

October 13, 2021 By Dagger News Service 4 Comments

From the Office of the State Fire Marshal:

Investigators with the Office of the State Fire Marshal have determined the cause of an explosion that leveled a home and critically injured an Edgewood man Sunday evening. Deputy State Fire Marshals have concluded that the owner, Delbert L. Markley, Jr., 67, lit a candle after he improperly disconnected a gas range, subsequently allowing the home to fill with natural gas. Markley told investigators he had disconnected the stove in preparation for a new range to be delivered Monday.

Markley was in a rear bedroom of his home located at 2506 Thornberry Drive when the initial burst of flames and force of the blast caused 2nd & 3rd-degree burns and traumatic injuries. After the explosion, Markley was able to self-extricate himself from the remains of the home, where bystanders met and assisted him until the arrival of first responders.

Markley was treated by Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company and was quickly transported to Johns Hopkins Bayview Burn Center to treat his injuries. He is currently in critical but stable condition.

Both of Markley’s dogs were inside the home at the time of the explosion. One was rescued the night of the explosion, and the OSFM is sad to report that due to the injuries had to be euthanized earlier this morning. The other emerged from the rubble while investigators were on the scene the following morning and is currently being cared for at the Humane Society of Harford County.

“Natural gas and propane are treated with a substance that has a distinctive odor that smells like rotten eggs. If you can smell it in your home, go outside and call 911 immediately”. stated State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci. “Don’t smoke or use any electrical appliances, even a light switch or thermostat, because any spark could lead to an explosion.”

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  1. Tiny says

    October 24, 2021 at 9:11 pm

    What’s with the gay ass stache on joppa chief? I didn’t know which chin to look at.

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  2. I'll be Tomahawk Choppin says

    October 25, 2021 at 2:58 pm

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/world-series-locations-show-mlbs-georgia-boycott-was-all-virtue-signaling

    “If MLB was serious when it boycotted Georgia, then maybe it wouldn’t play a World Series there. However, there aren’t calls for people to boycott the World Series in Georgia or Texas, so the MLB doesn’t have to pretend to care about either law that irks liberals. But just because Biden isn’t complaining about Georgia’s new voting laws anymore, that doesn’t mean that they don’t exist. If the laws were so evil then, why are they fine now?”

    “To their credit, MLB and other sports leagues are smart not to take action against Texas for being pro-life. Voter ID can help ensure election integrity, but there’s no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the United States, no matter what former President Donald Trump says , so it’s a relatively small issue. Meanwhile, slaughtering the unborn is a far more serious matter.”

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    • SoulCrusher says

      October 26, 2021 at 9:05 am

      Wrong. There was widespread Democratic voter fraud involving the 2020 Presidential Election. It is mainly recognized in the swing States where the Democratic Traitors Against America did in fact pre-cheat and pushed thru thousands of fraudulent ballots, both illegally and unconstitutionally. The fake pandemic is what allowed the mail in voting fraud to take place and the voting machines were rigged as well. You don’t have to believe it, but it did happen. Now, the Democrats are trying to institutionalize a “Not See” State in this Country, thru the use of Federalist TREASON, where you can’t even question and show your outrage about racism being taught in schools without being investigated by the DOJ and it’s treasonous tentacles. The voter laws were created because of the concerns of the people who know that the election was fraudulent. However, it is my belief that this has been going on for a very long time and is probably happening in virtually every State in the Union. As far as the World Series is concerned, how could you possibly have a team from Atlanta NOT have games played there when they are participants in the World Series? Do you see how stupid your comment is? I think you have absolutely no real clue of what is going on in this world and if you can’t see that we are moving toward the ideology of the “Not See” Party then you are deaf, dumb and blind. The greatest generation fought a war to vanquish the “Not See” ways, yet the Democratic Traitors Against America have embraced it as their own and are trying to institutionalize it in the United States. Make no mistake about it. It is “Not See” ism.

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      • I'll be Tomahawk Choppin says

        December 4, 2021 at 11:36 pm

        “I think you have absolutely no real clue of what is going on in this world…”
        “Do you see how stupid your comment is?”
        Wow, you’re mean. Did you read the article? Did you know the quotes were from the article?
        I’m not sure what your comment about the team from Atlanta was about and I don’t care.
        I do know the Braves are The World Champs!

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