GRAND LAKE STREAM — A propane explosion destroyed a single-family home and injured a delivery driver Thursday morning in Grand Lake Stream, officials said.
The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office responded to 155 Milford Road at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 19, 2024, after a malfunction during a propane tank filling process led to a gas release and subsequent explosion.
The fire originated on the exterior of the structure where a VL Tammaro delivery driver was filling residential propane tanks.
An unknown ignition source sparked the released gas, causing the explosion.
The driver sustained second-degree burns and was treated and released from a local hospital.
The property owner, who was home at the time, was not injured.
The Fire Marshal’s Office, assisted by the Maine Fuel Board, is investigating the incident.
