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A propane tank on a Philadelphia food truck exploded Tuesday afternoon engulfing a busy street in a fireball. A mother and her teenage daughter were severely burned and 10 others were injured.
The La Parrillada Chapina food truck was parked along 3rd Street near Wyoming Avenue in the city’s Feltonville section when around 5:30 p.m. the rear left propane tank ignited, Philadelphia Police said. The force of the blast sent the metal tank flying 50 feet into the backyard of a home as flames shot 200 feet into the air.
Officials said the fiery blast was caused by an industrial-size propane tank, which exploded about 5:30 p.m. from the back of La Parrillada Chapina, a food truck run by a hardworking Guatemalan family.
The 4-foot tank burst violently, sailing 150 feet across Wyoming Avenue, (Chief Inspector Scott) Small said.
Two cars driving by the explosion were briefly engulfed by flames, Small said, and five people inside were treated and released from area hospitals.
Small said that the four-foot propane tank that exploded, one of two that fuels the food truck, was found about 150 feet away in a residential backyard.
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