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- Original cbs4denver.com article: Recent Explosions May Be Tied To Melting Snow
Investigators looking into several recent explosions in the High Country believe melting snow from this winter's record snowfall may be causing leaks in natural gas lines.
Firefighters say the leaked gas can build up inside homes and potentially be explosive.
There was an explosion on April 9 and another on May 5 in Fairplay. There was also one in April in Breckenridge.
In the most recent incident on Wednesday, a blast at a mobile home park killed one person and destroyed four mobile homes. The blast happened at about 8 p.m. on Highway 34, about 6 miles north of Granby, and the highway was closed for 3 hours while firefighters worked to extinguish the flames.
The body was found in the rubble on Thursday.
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