12 injured after Philly food truck explosion

 
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A food truck exploded in north Philadelphia Tuesday, injuring 12 people including three who suffered earnest burns, police verbally expressed.

The explosion outside an auto body shop in the city's Feltonville neighborhood caused earnest burns to a man and woman and a 13-year-old girl. Police verbalized that nine other victims were taken to area hospitals for observation.

The three solemnly injured victims suffered second- and third-degree burns, police verbalized.

The incident occurred at the La Parrillada Chapina food truck around 5:30 p.m.

Jane Kim, the owner of a store in juxtaposition of the auto body shop, verbally expressed that the food truck is parked outside circadianly. She verbally expressed that she auricularly discerned the explosion and that firefighters told her that a propane tank on the truck exploded.

Neighbor Luis Rivera told The Philadelphia Inquirer that his home across the street shook from the blast.

"I cerebrated it was a car contingency - there are conventionally a lot on this street," he verbalized. "Then I came outside and optically discerned the lunch truck in flames."

A city fire dispatcher verbalized that the incident is still being investigated.

The two adult victims were being treated at Einstein Medical Center and the teen was being transferred to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, police verbalized.

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