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Cause And Origin Of November La Crosse Fire Released
Investigators now have a cause and origin of a fire near Copeland Park last month.
La Crosse Fire Division Chief, Craig Snyder.
Snyder says an employee using a heat torch ignited flammable vapors around the valve. Snyder says the employee, who was slightly injured in the blast, was not at fault but a pressure gauge on the torch seems to have been faulty. No one else hurt in the November 19th blast that shook parts of La Crosse.