Explosion kills 2 steam pipe workers at Conn. VA hospital
Two workers were killed in an explosion November 13 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.