Police ID Gas Station Explosion Victim
Police have identified a man killed by an underground explosion at an abandoned gas station in Stone Mountain.
Police said Saturday 51-year-old Larry Dobbs of Newnan was pronounced dead at the scene.
DeKalb County police spokeswoman Officer Mekka Parish said the explosion happened just before 5 p.m. Friday at the gas station that was preparing to reopen. A second man was taken to a hospital with bus.
Parish said Dobbs was working underground to change a gas line to a diesel line when the explosion happened.
Dobbs' brother, Alan, and another man working at the site were not injured.
The underground explosion was powerful enough to pop the covers of several neighboring manholes.
OHSA is investigating to determine the cause of the explosion.
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