Explosion rattles central Halifax after man forgets about propane tank, lights cigarette in car

An explosion rattled central Halifax and sent a man to hospital. Fire officials believe the man lit a cigarette near a propane tank inside his vehicle. Halifax police and fire crews responded to reports of a car explosion in a parking lot at Quinpool Centre, a shopping area on Quinpool Road, around 7 p.m. Thursday. "It shook our entire house," said Amanda Derroul, who lives near Quinpool Centre. "We have a two-storey house, there's like seven or eight rooms in it, and it shook the whole house. I