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Pre-Dawn Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Rocks Surrounding Neighborhood Explosions and a substantial fire at the largest refinery on the Eastern Seaboard roused area residents from their sleep at about 4:00 in the morning. According to officials with Philadelphia Energy Solutions, the operator of the refinery, the fire started in a vat of butane. A series of explosions followed the start of the blaze, resulting in flames shooting skyward and a thick plume of potentially toxic smoke arching above the massive refinery…

Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire, Injures Four The largest oil refinery and gasoline production facility on the east coast was on fire this morning after being rocked by a series of explosions in the early morning hours of the first day of summer. Early reports in the local news media say that four employees suffered minor injuries that did not require transport to area medical facilities. Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that air samples taken in the immediate…

Santa Fe Texas Gas Line Explosions Injures Five: Victims of Blast May Face Lifetime Disability or Disfigurement Questions remain surrounding a gas line explosion that sent five people to an area hospital. The explosion occurred in an otherwise quiet neighborhood in Santa Fe, Texas, in the early evening hours. The five injured individuals were all contract workers involved in what otherwise would have been routine pipeline-related work on behalf or CenterPoint Energy. The crew was directly employed by Dayton Pipeline…

Pastor Arrested for “Continuous Sexual Abuse” of Teenage Relative When we hear about a “scandal” involving a church leader that has sexually assaulted a child, most of us will recall seemingly-unending reports regarding lawsuits filed against members and former members of the Roman Catholic Church’s clergy. While such reports still, but now only occasionally, appear in the national or regional news media, as a national personal injury law practice we suspect that the number of similar incidents involving the Protestant…

The Doan Law Firm Now Accepting “3M” Ear Plug Hearing Loss Lawsuits If you’ve watched late-night television for more than an hour over the past six months, you’ve probably seen the one-minute ads informing military veterans that their hearing loss and/or tinnitus (“ringing in the ears”) may be due to defective ear plugs made by the industrial giant 3M Corporation and distributed to our service members during the years 2002-2015. Given the sheer numbers of veterans and current active duty…