front of the front door of l.a. fitness where i was standing two seconds before. >> leaping flames and giant plumes of smoke add to the confusion. >> there was this huge -- almost like a son sick boom. we didn't though what it was. >> tonight our team of report incident. live coverage starts now. >> by now you may have seen this video. a propane tank is blamed for the explosion at the american greetings construction site. >> that tank caught fire and later exploded sending vibrations throughout the park. chris flanagan is live tonight at crocker park where he is uncovering new information about what went wrong. chris. >> reporter: frank, thankfully no one was seriously injured. crews are on scene trying to find out exactly how this could have happened. this all unfolded around 10:30

it was outside of the american greetings construction site. the fire was started near the two tanks and one of them exploded. it caused windows to be blown out. right now investigators are still trying to pinpoint the exact cause. that's not calming the nerves of those who were here when it happened. our sarah buduson dug into the background of the construction company. but first, kristin volk describes how the situation unfolded. >> reporter: chris, i spoke to a guy who works here at crocker park. he was in a parking garage behind me. that garage was next to the explosion. he said it was complete insanity. it was as if he was in a movie and a bomb had just gone off. and others farther away described the same sort of scene. >> there was this huge explosion. >> it was very loud. very loud.

caught on so many cameras today. >> it was a dangerous situation. >> reporter: a situation that sent 250 construction workers fleeing from this american greetings building. it caused parts of crocker park and near by health centers to close. >> we shut down for our patients and will reopen tomorrow. >> reporter: crocker road also closed as police, fire, and ambulance took over the area. >> we don't want the patients to come just to not be able to get in so we started calling the rest of our patients. >> reporter: clinics canceled for the rest of the day adding that one patient drove all the way from port clinton, arriving shortly after the explosion to find out she could not get down the road. american greetings, which will use this building as their new headquarters, tells me they do not know how the incident will affect their expected opening date, which is this summer. and in a statement, they say they are grateful for the first responders and thankful that there are no injuries. rachel, what works down the

her own safety and those around her. >> i got goose bumps right away and called my family, because it was one of those things. it was pretty intense. >> reporter: i want to give you a sense of just how big this incident was. that explosion happened a half mile down there off of crocker road. but all the way down hear at the corner of crocker and detroit is that brown building. we spoke to a woman who works inside that building. she says as soon as she heard that loud boom, she popped up, went to the window, put her hand against the window and she could feel the intense heat. kristin volk, newschannel5. >> the new headquarters was just months away from completion before the explosion. investigator sarah buduson has been digging into the background of the company that provided those propane tanks. >> reporter: chris, i just

it shows amerigas, a national supplier of propane gas, provided those takes. osha investigators were immediately sent to the scene. tonight they are still trying to figure out what caused the fire that led to the explosion. we do know amerigas leased the tanks to the construction company building the new office space last summer. safety records show amerigas was fined $9,000 for a safety violation in 2012. but there have been no issues at crocker parkp even though a construction worker told us he recommend heard the tanks were leaking. >> somebody mentioned something about they had some leaks that they took care of and a couple of days passed. >> reporter: so you had heard about leaks. >> yeah, but this is a pretty safe job.

and they have strict standards. >> reporter: something else we learned today, those tanks didn't need to be there. they were used to provide heat for workers during the cold winter months and were scheduled to be removed. on your side, investigator sarah buduson, newschannel5. well, as for the rest of crocker park, management tells us there are a limited number of stores and restaurants that are closing right now. so if you had planned coming down here, it may be a good idea to make sure that store or restaurant is still open. the latest on news channel five -- the latest on newschannel5 and on our app. day. umbrella. get a break? >> the break will come but it is going to take time. tomorrow.

can't see all that much. trust me, it is there. mostly cloudy, some low clouds, even some fog. certainly you see on the lens there the showers. that's what we've been dealing with all day long. several hours. cleveland. it is chilly. actually now down to 44. you move inlarntiond we're warmer. not that much of a lake influence, but off to the east it is warmer. off to the west, that's where we are the cold air coming in. this is along a cold front that moved through. sometimes cold fronts, the cold air lags a little behind it. that is the scenario. 50 vermilion, 42 in marblehead. i think many sloes been the 40s by 8:00 or 9:00 tonight as that cold air does move in. other than that we have just been wet. light to at times moderate rain showers. it is raining in downtown akron. it's raining in medina.

of ravenna. southern sections of stark county getting wet. notice a lot of wet weather moving through from the south and west. aus would expect rain showers in the forecast until we head through the overnight. we'll chill things out and dry o. two people have been charged in the death of one- year-old braylen robinson. he died last year after a three- year-old shot him. the mother has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. ricardo sims is also facing the same charges. more on a story that we saw here first on 5. a convicted sex offender was arrested for allegedly kidnapping a teen. our meghan hick key had a

documents with a legal special. he told new latest incident could have been prevented. >> reporter: he told know courts missed their chance to put brownback in jail avenue violated his probation. newschannel5's houma bash spoke with the victim. brown allegedly kidnapped the teen from a train. brown spent two years in prison for sexual battery. he violated his probation which can warrant jail time, but in stead he was given heightened probation. he violated probation again in january. our legal expert said the courts should have been taken off the streets. >> he should have been september back to jail, or he should have had very limited ability to move around after those violations. >> reporter: i reached out to the judge who decided on that heightened pro baix stead of

i did not receive a response. live in cleveland, megan hickey, newschannel5. >> meantime police in lorain county say they busted up a large-scale trafficking organization. authorities say the raid resulted in the arrest of high- level heroin dealers. paul kiska just back from a news conference. paul, you also talked with a mom who knows the painful consequences of this heroin epidemic. >> reporter: frank, her son recently died from an overdose. she's glad police are cracking down on those drug dealers. >> he loved the outdoors. he loved to hunt, fish, four wheeling, mud trucks. >> reporter: this mom is packing up her son's personal belongings from his apartment. >> he throwfd wear this hat. he was is a western boy. >> reporter: she wishes his son would have made a better choice.

heroin overdose. he was 19 years old. >> heroin, it's not a painkiller. it kills people. it takes them away forever. >> reporter: nick is one of at least eight heroin-related deaths in the last two weeks. lorain and elyria police reveal today they served five search warrants resulting in nine arrests of high-level dealers. police say the drugs zion these police photos were coming into lorain county from chicago. >> some of the drugs that the dealers owe the street dealers supplied to those that overdosed and died came from these guys. >> i hope they arrest them. i hope they get off the street because somebody out there is going to lose their child or their parent because of this. convicted those arrested face at least 11 years in prison.

in response to the heroin epidemic lawmakers have passed an anti-heroin bill by an almost unanimous vote. the bill will make federal resources available to establish educational programs, make more that nalaxone available. new information on our top story, the crocker park explosion. >> what we've learned about that incident and how nervous residents are handling the stressful situation tonight. another live report is coming up. if you are about to start making dinner will you want to hear about this recall. millions of frozen products that could be in your freezer may have glass in it. remember, if you see news happening text or e-mail us, or we love your tweets at wews. you can't deal with something,

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crews here trying to figure out how this happened. fortunately nobody was hurt but several businesses and restaurants are closed here at crocker park, including l.a. fitness which is right across the street, one witness telling that you say shrapnel hit the building where they were working earlier today. and righted next-door the chipotle restaurant also closed. if you are coming down for dinner or shopping, a good idea to give a call ahead to make sure the restaurant or business that you are coming to is still open. we'll have the latest on newschannel5 at 11, also on our free mobile app, newsnet5. i'm chris flanagan. back to you. new details tonight surrounding an fbi raid in bay village and its connection to a child porn investigation. officers from the fbi and bay village police spent most of the morning combing through this house on lake road.

of a case out of michigan that the country. they would not tell us any more details. this made some parents uncomfortable. school officials were forced to keep kids out of school after bedbugs were discovered at the high school. the doors to alliance high school were closed to students as a crew came in to chemically treat the school grounds. four bed burnings found over the last week at the school. the health department said they are confident the school is not infested and that the insects are actually coming into the school from somewhere else. school officials are asking parents to keep eight eye out for bedbugs in their homes. school is expected to be back open tomorrow. if you are in the kitchen right now, before you throw that frozen dinner in the oven or microwave you have to listen to. this nestle is recalling a number of product because there may be pieces of glass in it.

recall involving several variations of digiorno frozen pieces, lean qi seen, and my favorite, stouffer's. be very careful because a lot of people eat frozen din terse. >> you just made the people at spam angry. >> i knew that was coming. >> will you have to find a new sponsor. it's wet outside. sthoot's damp, cloudy. it's yucky. basically here it is. term? i got my seals. i know what i'm talking about. sky.

again, we are chilly, damp, wet, rainy. mid-40s. we head downtown, quicken loans arena, the next couple of days going. i wish the weather was bert. always seems like we have some weather issues when the mac comes into town. certainly we've seen worse weather with the snow. mid-40s along the lakeshore. no hint of that. we should be snow-free through the next seven days, which is pretty good for mid-march. euclid, maple heights, light rain. as we head south a little batch of heavier stuff that has now moved off to the north and east. burton to warren seeing rain showers. wherever you see the greens, heavier. along u.s. 30 we've got a good line of wet weather.

we showed you video at 5:00. we don't expect any flooding but turn around, don't drown. here we have ashland, moving into portions of holmes county we're getting good rain but for the most part the main energy has been across the south. that's where we have the best dynamics. i can't rule out heavier rains over the next couple of hours but after midnight is when we're targeting tease rain showers to end. headlines. rainy evening, dryer and colder overnight, and that will set the stage for weekend warming saturday and sunday. rain showers lingering mainly south and east around 11:00. look at these low temperatures tomorrow morning. we're going to add some fog in there. mid to upper 30s. we should be dry, sunshine by lunchtime, especially south 40s and 50s. it will still be chilly along

to mid-40s. saturday afternoon we have a few showers that may come in. most likely afternoon and evening hours. better chances of rain for sunday but saturday is not 38. 48 tomorrow. a few degrees above average. clouds will start, sunshine will end. lows in the 30s. looks like afternoon showers for saturday. sunday looks damp. saturday night. right now a little wet starting next week but temperatures well into the 50s and 60s as we head from today. >> andy baskin in the house. >> chance to talk sports off the desk. >> lauren and i were both out at the jcc off 271 out there like orange, pepper pike, beachwood. it was the annual les levine

the biggest question, what do you think it was? >> manziel. >> no, it was all about the draft. bishop. we had a good time answering a we had a great time. also when we come back we are going to talk a little more doing. gibson, you want to hear what he had to say. and how about the quarterback you are looking at now? could he be in the mix to play for the browns?

johnson, working on thompson. the throw up, and that's it, good-bye. the immense challenge of the eastern michigan eagles. >> what a way to start off the mid american conference tournament at the q today. tomorrow night's semifinal is at the q. other big talk, niners quarterback colin kaepernick. the browns are trying to make a pitch for the quarterback. hawaii jackson really liked

this free agent, gibson, introduced to the jacksonville media. this was his response to playing in cleveland. very interesting. >> i think, man, i won't sit here and say. that i couldn't tell you, man. i'll be the last guy to sit here and bash the city of cleveland. it's honestly just as confusing to me as it is to the fans of the city of cleveland. cavaliers play the lakers tonight. a quick trip down from sacramento. lebron's last game against kobe, but for a first-place team that has looked disjointed all season, how about last night? kevin love's four-point play seals the deal. maybe this starts the chemistry the team needs. >> we're just going to continue to play well. for the most part, we played some really good basketball. we have some opportunity. we're going to be on the road

we definitely want to use this opportunity and start off the right way. >> indians win 9-4 against the padres. congratulations to university school. they wynn double overtime in the semifinals. >> very good. >> we'll be here tonight on newschannel5 at 11:00. we hope you join us.

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