Five months after an explosion leveled three rowhomes and killed two people in Baltimore, Fire Chief Niles R. Ford has provided a cause. The explosion was caused by a large natural gas buildup, Ford said at a Tuesday morning news conference.The Fire Department on Wednesday released its reportTwo people were killed Lonnie Herriott, 61, and Joseph Graham, 20 and seven people were injured after three rowhomes exploded on Labyrinth Road in northwest Baltimore in August.“Although five months have gone by, we continue to pray for recovery in this community,” Mayor Brandon Scott said. Ford said the explosion resulted from a buildup of natural gas and that on Aug. 9, the day before the explosion, unpermitted HVAC work was being done in the basement of 4232 Labyrinth Road. A buildup of natural gas formed, which was found to be spiked on four gas meters between 1:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Aug. 10. The readings revealed a spike in natural gas levels the morning of the explosion, Ford
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Johann Cort Belveal
Johann Cort Belveal passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a resident of Pinedale, Wyoming for 20 years.
He was born on October 5, 1976 in Kansas City, Missouri; the son of William Craig Belveal and Lila Carleita DeHart.
Cort attended schools in Kearny, Missouri and was a 1995 graduate.
Mr. Belveal married Hillary Tyler in Pinedale, Wyoming on August 8, 2020.
Cort loved movies, the beach, flip flops and he had a special talent for cooking. He loved to make people laugh and traditions were very important to him. He had a very special place in his heart for Half Moon Lake. He took his son Elliot to the same spot at the lake every summer in hopes that he would remember it one day. He loved all his family, his son and his wife so very much. He always said he loved knowing that there would be a little copy of him running around. Elliot brought him so much happiness.