Natural gas explosion levels strip club in Springfield, Mass. – latimes.com
“Debbie, a dancer at Scores who didn’t want her last name used, told the Massachusetts newspaper the Republican that she was performing on stage when she was told to evacuate.
“As she gathered her clothes to leave, the manager came up and said, “I don’t care if you’re [expletive] naked or not, get out,” Debbie told the Republican.
“The manager hurried people over to the Mardi Gras Champagne Room across the street, the Republican reported.
“ ‘I feel lucky we got out,’ Debbie told the paper. She said all her work clothes were lost.”
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The problem: gas scent was in building for days without “gas company” being able to find the leak. My guess: Union workers. Maybe the scent was so pervasive that they could not locate the source. Incompetence is more likely.
And just how does one escape a gas explosion by running?
Answer: Owner says to self: Aha! Now I can get out of this $%^#$%& least. “Everybody run for your lives!!” [while lighting match]
Sad. Her best pasties and g-string up in smoke…