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New Haven officials: One hospitalized after explosion, fire on garbage truck
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NEW HAVEN An explosion caused a fire on a garbage truck in New Haven on Friday, sending one person to the hospital for evaluation.
Emergency Management Director Rick Fontana said in a statement relayed by city director of communications Kyle Buda that there was a garbage truck fire at All American Waste, located at 19 Wheeler St., on Friday.
Fontana said a compressed natural gas tank caused an explosion, causing a fire in the middle of the truck.
New Haven firefighters were able to keep the fire contained to the truck, Fontana said.
Austin housing boom has homebuilders struggling to keep pace, prices soaring
Home construction is booming at a rapid pace across the Austin region but it s still not fast enough to keep up with torrid demand, builders and local housing market experts say.
Builders started work on a record number of new homes in the Austin area in the first quarter, according to Zonda, a firm that tracks the housing market. But supply has still not caught up with demand, and that lag coupled with factors including higher costs for lumber and other home-construction materials and a surge of newcomers, many of them affluent continues to drive home prices up.