A press release from the Greeneville Fire Department states that the fire department along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has completed their investigation of the explosion at Admiral Propane on 1145 Forest Street.
The explosion was reported just before 4:30 PM on Tuesday as flames were visible at tanks around the building. The investigation revealed that a support member for a propane tank failed, possibly due to recent temperature changes. Therefore, causing the tank to overturn and damage a valve which resulted in a release of the product. The propane gas traveled into a nearby structure and found an ignition source, which resulted in significant damage to the structure and ignited the gas venting from the damaged tank.
Fortunately, no one was injured during the fire. Measures are being implemented to prevent a similar occurrence from happening in the future. To help ensure similar incidents don’t occur, the fire department personnel made site visits yesterday to local propane vendors.
