My hometown rocked by explosion

Rita · #1 02/22/08, 02:37 PM

The Boone Hotel built in the 1700's was being renovated by Nora Roberts (best-selling romance novelist real name E. Aufdem-Brinke) when it exploded and destroyed several other businesses. She had a bookstore acrosss the street and owned several other buildings in town. We were neighbors of the writer when we lived there.

TexasArtist · #2 02/22/08, 02:48 PM

do they know what caused the explosion? What town was this in? Anyone killed or injured?
Sure have been alot of explosion accidents lately. Refineries, sugar plant, and a couple more I cant recall what they were but I remember something about thing going kaboom when they weren't supposed to.

YoYoDog · #3 02/22/08, 03:56 PM

FYI

http://firegeezer.com/2008/02/22/dow...o-md-breaking/

DAN

Shagbarkmtcatle · #4 02/22/08, 04:13 PM

Hello, Rita, Dh and I are Brunswick Railroaders and live very close to there. They were remodeling the hotel and they said a heater in the basement caught the old wood on fire. It has burned since this moring. It was a four-alarm fire. It burned several more buildings and blistered the ones across the street. You couldn't get thru Boonsboro all day.
Her sons' pizza place, which is located across the street, burned last year.
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TexasArtist · #5 02/22/08, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Shagbarkmtcatle

Hello, Rita, Dh and I are Brunswick Railroaders and live very close to there. They were remodeling the hotel and they said a heater in the basement caught the old wood on fire. It has burned since this moring. It was a four-alarm fire. It burned several more buildings and blistered the ones across the street. You couldn't get thru Boonsboro all day.
Her sons' pizza place, which is located across the street, burned last year.
.

I think I'd stay the heck away from this family..........they seem to have a problem with fire!!!

dbarjacres · #6 02/22/08, 06:05 PM

Hope everyone is okay, especially Nora, she's my absolute favorite author!! I hate it when historical places get ruined. DH and I adore old buildings/homes.

Kathy in MD · #7 02/22/08, 06:18 PM

Dan…the link had some amazing photos better then the local news thanks

The latest news report said something about propane tanks exploding

Shagbarkmtcatle · #8 02/22/08, 06:29 PM

From what I heard, they were propane heaters the workers were using to keep warm. The building was mostly gutted. They had blue tarp on the south side of the building. It's amazing how while the building was engulfed in flames, that tarp was still there!