2 dead, 1 missing after explosion at VA hospital in West Haven, officials say

Navy veteran, contractor killed in explosion on the Veterans Affairs campus - Local News 8

Click here for updates on this story    West Haven, CT (WFSB) — Two people were killed and three were injured following an explosion on the West Haven Veterans Affairs campus Friday morning.It happened around 8 a.m. in the basement of a building on the campus, where crews were working on replacing a steam pipe.Officials said a VA employee, who was a U.S. Navy veteran, and a contractor from Mulvaney Mechanical were replacing the pipe.When the bl…

Explosion kills 2 steam pipe workers at Connecticut veterans hospital

The explosion occurred in a building that houses the hospital’s labor shops, such as carpentry and plumbing.

Explosion kills 2 steam pipe workers at veterans hospital

Veterans Affairs Police guard the entrance to a maintenance facility after an apparent steam explosion in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Haven, Conn., Friday, Nov. 13, 2020.(Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)WEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Two workers were killed in an explosion Friday while repairing a steam pipe in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut, officials said.Alfred Mont…

Explosion kills 2 steam pipe workers at veterans hospital

Two workers were killed in an explosion Friday while repairing a steam pipe in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut, officials said. Alfred Montoya Jr., director of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, said the men were in the basement of the small outer building and had just finished routine maintenance on a leaky pipe. He said the explosion occurred just after 8 a.m. as the pipe was being refilled with steam.Th…

2 die, 1 injured in steam pipe explosion at Conn. VA hospital

Two people died and a third person was injured when a steam pipe exploded at a VA Medical Center in Connecticut on Friday morning.

2 Workers Dead, 1 Person Missing in Veterans Hospital Blast

WEST HAVEN, Conn. — An apparent steam explosion Friday in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut killed a VA employee and a contractor and left a third person missing