{"id":339174,"date":"2026-02-17T22:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/church-explosion-in-upstate-new-york-injures-5-people-including-a-firefighter-2"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:43:13","slug":"church-explosion-in-upstate-new-york-injures-5-people-including-a-firefighter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/church-explosion-in-upstate-new-york-injures-5-people-including-a-firefighter-2","title":{"rendered":"Church explosion in upstate New York injures 5 folks, together with a firefighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB \">BOONVILLE, N.Y. &#8212; <\/span>A fiery explosion ripped through a church in upstate New York on Tuesday, injuring five people including a firefighter who was badly burned while responded to reports of a gas odor in the building, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">New York State Police were investigating the cause of the blast, which occurred around 10:30 a.m. at the Abundant Life Fellowship Church in a rural area about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Syracuse. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Five people were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Two were listed in critical condition, including a firefighter who responded to the scene. The remaining three people were being treated for injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said there was no initial indication of criminal activity related to the explosion, which sent thick plumes of black smoke into the air and severely damaged the church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The church was reportedly heated by propane cylinders, according to state troopers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/church-explosion-upstate-new-york-injures-5-people-130240228\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOONVILLE, N.Y. &#8212; A fiery explosion ripped through a church in upstate New York on Tuesday, injuring five people including a firefighter who was badly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":336272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17089,17088,17091,8574,419,16493,17090,8575],"class_list":["post-339174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ample-life-fellowship-church","tag-boonville","tag-fire-fighter","tag-geography-of-the-united-states","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-state-police","tag-syracuse","tag-upstate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339176,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339174\/revisions\/339176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}