Explosion near DeWinton sends man to hospital

Family members rescued a man after he was seriously injured in a natural gas explosion near DeWinton on Monday night. The blast, and subsequent fire, happened in an out-building on a property near 42nd Street and 271st Avenue in DeWinton, about 30 kilometres south of Calgary. Debris was sent flying up to 30 metres into the air and thick, black smoke could be seen for several kilometers "We got called initially to an explosion, then an explosion with a person trapped," said Chief Jim Smith o