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Explosion Rocks Ga. Motel, Killing One

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 10:45:21 PM
By ERRIN HAINES

Firemen and law enforcement officers stand at the entrance to the Quality Inn in Breman, Ga., Tuesday, June 27, 2006, after an explosion and fire partially collapsed a section of the motel. A maintenance worker was feared trapped inside the two-story motel, authorities said. Investigators said it appeared to be a gas explosion. There were no reports of injuries among the other people inside the building at the time. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe) BREMEN, Ga. (AP) - An explosion that was apparently caused by a gas leak rocked a motel Tuesday, killing at least one person and raising fears that two others were trapped in the rubble, authorities said.

The blast rattled the 73-room motel shortly before 9 a.m., investigators said, collapsing the roof over a corner of rooms and dumping debris on cars parked below.

Six to eight rooms were destroyed, with the damage centered on a laundry-maintenance room, said Bremen Fire Chief Clark Farr.


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