Woman Dies From Injuries In Blast
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A woman badly burned in a Monday house
explosion has died from her injuries.
Seventy-seven-year-old Mary Post was trying to ignite a pilot
light on a gas heater that officials said had malfunctioned. She
was taken to the burn unit at Arkansas Children`s Hospital, where
she died yesterday.
Her home was destroyed and neighboring homes were heavily
damaged in the blast, which occurred in an area between the
Arkansas Capitol and the state schools for the deaf and blind.
Firefighters said Post had made several service calls on the
heating unit over the weekend. Although they suspect the heater was
to blame, authorities have not determined the direct cause of the
blast.
