About 12:25 a.m. on July 7, 1998, a natural gas explosion and fire destroyed a newly constructed residence in the South Riding community in Loudoun County, Virginia. A family consisting of a husband and wife and their two children were spending their first night in their new home at the time of the explosion. As a result of the accident, the wife was killed, the husband was seriously injured, and the two children received minor injuries. Five other homes and two vehicles were damaged.
| Author: National Transportation Safety Board |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Jan 31, 2014 |
| Number of Pages: 36 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1495382109 |
| ISBN-13: 9781495382109 |