Sterling house explosion: LATEST UPDATES

Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Chief Keith Johnson is providing updates on last night’s home explosion in Sterling that left one firefighter dead.
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[@martinmayfield1932]

Finally we hear about the home owners. Thank you to the firefighters who are so brave.

[@jayjones6904]

God bless the families of first responders praying for strength and comfort for all

[@kayty6673]

Firefighters are the REAL heroes in America and NOT paid what they are worth !! Praying for all involved. Thank you to every Firefighter and their families.

[@Maria-or8kz]

Have you seen what teachers get paid?

[@devone529]

@@Maria-or8kz The firefighter who lost his life was an unpaid volunteer, 70% of US firefighters are unpaid volunteers.

[@BlackStump172]

@@Maria-or8kz Maria ,teachers are not what this video is about . It is not a competition . I would assume though that teachers , nurses , paramedics , carers , police AND firefighters are underpaid just as they are around the world . A firefighter has died here. May he RIP and all his mates heal . They are heroes.

[@galndixie]

Prayers for the families, friends and coworkers of these first responders. May the family of the deceased find peace and comfort, may the injured heal quickly and completely. Thank you to all first responders who put their lives on the line for us every single day.

[@verlindaallen3335]

SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY HOUSES ARE JUST EXPLODING. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST ONE IN A LONG TIME.

[@kayty6673]

Politicians do not increase their personal wealth by using tax dollars to keep up the infilstucture of our cities. US politicians, high ranking military officials and their supporters increase their personal wealth by investing in the same military contractors they hand billion dollar NO BID CONTRACTS EVERY YEAR. There is no profit in peace. That is why US politicians have no problem sending billions to fund wars AKA military contractors.

[@catherinemoore2188]

THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID💔

[@davidkatra3130]

gas leaks and cooking meth

[@Bottomfeederonfire]

Clinton’s cleaning up.

[@peacheswilliams4539]

@@Bottomfeederonfire Sure

[@matttwomey8554]

Being a firefighter this sends absolute chills down my spine. Praying for our brothers family. A call you never want to make or receive. Wishing the other members a fast recovery. 💪🍀❤️🙏

[@Shania134]

This is so sad and hearbreaking💔 Prayers to all and espically to Trevor Brown and his family May he rest in Peace.🙏Such a tragedy and glad it wasnt worse.Hope all get well and recover from this!❣💔❣🙏🙏

[@ritarevell7195]

My condolences to the Brown family.

[@thisisme3238]

Condolences to the family of Fireman Trevor.

[@MyBigfudge]

What kind of ppe did the firefighters have? Even a cheap gas detector would've given some kind of reading. Why were there so many men in a home filled with gas and no one had a leak detector??

[@katiekane5247]

My question as well

[@pmczapczara5332]

It was strong enough that they could smell it outside and inside. My question is why wasn't the gas cut off immediately? There has to be a shutoff between the underground tank and the inside of the house.

[@MyBigfudge]

@pmczapczara5332 Agreed. We NEVER go to an inside gas leak call without a cgi. Combustible Gas Indicator. Our fire dept calls us before they do anything unless there are flames.

[@MusuFlomo-z5e]

May God bless and comfort 🙏 the First Responder Family. We love our men and women who work in the Fire Department. As a medical team, we all work together to make this country better.

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

I was watching Fox Live youtube when this Gas Leak erupted . I am the son of a Firefighter and Grandson of a Firefighter . My heart and Prayer go out to the family of the deceased .

[@groovingarbie5007]

Interesting how Fox Live KZbin feed was on the scene to capture the "gas leak eruption". If the potential threat of an explosion large enough to level the home, why did the 2 occupants have to be escorted out. They didn't sense any potential danger. Plus, the 1st responders entered the home, in basement. Is that the protocol for a potential explosion?

[@stancherry4716]

Prayers to the family of the fighter .

[@tenerifecats6652]

Praying for these career and volunteer fire fighters; and the wife and 3 children of the fallen fire fighter!

[@kristi1189]

RIP

[@katiekane5247]

Command staff made a bad decision if they allowed firefighters to remain inside after evacuations had been accomplished. Terrible shame a life was lost, this demands review.

[@williamzander9708]

Didn’t know they allowed under ground propane tanks this is dangerous.

[@kaycoats8344]

Rescue Chief had a tough night, yet he's giving good clear information.

[@dennisburke4818]

This is so sad, they are in our thoughts and prayer

[@Gerry-K]

Condolences to the families of the fire fighters lost or hurt in this tragedy!

[@CyndeClarke]

God Bless the family of Firefighter Brown ❤😢✝️

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Is it just me or are explosions happening a lot more frequently these days? This is awful. Godspeed to the fireman who lost his life & prayers for the injured. Burns are the worst kind of injuries to overcome. God bless them. 💜💔

[@SRocco-dv8we]

True tragedy. We must strive to learn from this . WHY were so many fireman 👨‍🚒 well exposed to the danger of explosion . The “ exploratory “ task could be accomplished by 2 firefighters ?.and if the mode was exploratory,one must not miss the fact that there WAS the leak. And threat of catastrophic explosion , was very possible.. potentially a lot of people , trained people strolled right into a super dangerous situation ….sad .

[@Katwoman4318]

♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏 Good Lord, help us. Amen. Rest in paradise FF Trevor Brown. ♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏

[@SharonMusgrove-b3u]

Let me hear turn on the volume

[@ibenzu]

SO this is the SECOND house to literally explode in less than TWO MONTHS... this is no accident.

[@OldBastardOnaHarley]

The true bad-asses of the world are a very small club. Firefighters are at the top of that list. Sympathies to the family of Trevor Brown.

[@daviddarby8900]

Why did the firefighters go back in the gas laden house for? Not to good of a plan

[@alicewonders9291]

The chief mentioned they were attempting to retrieve the home owner's pets..... only a guess.

[@verlindaallen3335]

VOLUME PLEASE

[@RachelWellborn-h6w]

Why are the reporters asking questions like this man did something wrong!?

[@darcy5474]

who called in for a check? and why did the family and pets stay in the home, why did they need to be removed? wtheck!

[@jeyrdonalphy7123]

Is this a joke???? What kind authorities are this, when there not answer what reporters are asking?!! Can we get a professional about this situation WHY IS HE LAUNCHING ABOUT?!! Wait the way it?!!

[@brentchristopher7363]

Sounds like they need to do their assessments better. Rip to the deceased fire fighter.

[@brandonobaza8610]

You think the CSB will get involved?

[@andyerickson666]

know 1 will survive

[@thecatnaper1]

Connection to 9/11 I wonder

[@Jovieeeee]

Not even close to the same thing

[@patriciaguillory8424]

🙏🙏🙏💛💙💛💙💛💙🙏🙏🙏

[@nancyfahey7518]

Where is Sterling?

[@Jovieeeee]

Virginia

[@nancyfahey7518]

@@Jovieeeee thanks, you'd think the news people would say that in their opening line. 🥴

[@Jovieeeee]

@@nancyfahey7518 sorry I was trying to help because you asked and they literally said where is was🤗

[@Jovieeeee]

@@nancyfahey7518 Loudon county, Virginia

[@nancyfahey7518]

@@Jovieeeee ok, thank you too. Now I know everything.

[@agapelove2853]

I thought from the commercial prior, they wrecked on the snow Just saying

[@Blurb777]

Underground propane tanks - and oil tanks - should be illegal.

[@JerryBinkley]

I had a propane leak the gas company didn't care so I got rid of that large monster and installed electric instead they were killing me with the bill too 😮it caught fire 🔥 before I got rid of it

[@lindaparker8974]

Duh!!way overpayed.

[@carlcauble733]

Opinion, oh my we must band propane

[@sabiansatchel]

Thats all part of the plan. Natural gas too which is cheaper and burns cleaner. Do you really think this was an accident? Smh

[@xxxsandman]

@@sabiansatchel its about whats added to the natural gas that makes it worse imo. cancerous, just look at the fitters who lay the infrastructure . stone age stuff , we are in a new era of technology . as soon as these goofys made entry it thinned out the gas to lethal levels imo 👉🏾 2.2 to 9.6 percent for propane . 5 to 15 percent for natural gas . anything with static electricity at that point, like communication tools will do the trick i think.

[@ladedalounge]

migrants meth house...hope all are safe....

[@JerryBinkley]

1 spark extension cord electric power spark when pulling the plug out

[@jophismarch6108]

Breaking news....Biden blames putin for house explosion....

[@areyouben_inaz]

Fake news!!! He blamed Trump😂😂

[@davidkatra3130]

are you only 6

[@soulblacklady]

Isn’t that Trump line. 🤥🤥

[@cum-fart]

Dang this happened so close to we’re I’m at