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Video by: STATter911. Video info: A natural gas explosion disintegrated a house under renovation and injured 15 people in Stafford Township, Ocean County, New Jersey today (2-24-15). Two gas company workers were in critical condition. Other gas company workers and firefighters were among the injured.
A total of seven gas company employees were injured and two were airlifted to AtlantiCare Regional Trauma Center in Atlantic City, Stafford Police Capt. Thomas Dellane said.
One of the utility company’s employees was listed in critical condition and the other was in critical but stable condition, Dellane said. Five of the seven employees had non-life-threatening injuries, he said.
Six Stafford firefighters and two Stafford EMS technicians suffered “concussion-type injuries” and all but one were treated and released, Dellane said.