SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed and two others injured after a recreational vehicle exploded in northwest Arkansas.
The explosion happened Monday in Siloam Springs.
A Benton County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman tells the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that Leland Dale Dannels, 83, died in the blast. Authorities say a 60-year-old woman was airlifted to a Tulsa burn center with injuries, and a first responder was hit by debris and suffered minor injuries.
The cause of the explosion is under investigation.
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