BREAKING: Explosion 'like a bomb' at Ohio metal manufacturing plant leaves several injured

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Several people were injured in a massive explosion and fire at a metal manufacturing plant in Oakwood Village, Ohio, Monday afternoon, multiple outlets reported.

"It was like a bomb," Joey Sarconi told Cleveland.com.

“I ducked and covered inside my car. When I looked up, there was just a dark cloud of smoke and then an explosion," the Maple Heights resident also said, adding that he was grateful to be alive. Sarconi has worked across the street from the plant for 20 years.

Gravel and steel beams flew into the sky around the plant, Sarconi also told the outlet.

"The fire department sent EMS units to the site and transferred an unknown number of people to a local hospital," the Akron Beacon Journal reported, referencing Lt. Marcus Ketner of the Twinsburg Fire Department.

Some victims were brought to MetroHealth Medical Center, according to Fox 8. The number of patients and their conditions are not yet known.

The explosion happened in the 22500 block of Alexander Road at I Schumann & Co. The family-owned business, established in 1917, is a brass and bronze alloy manufacturer, according to the company's website.

Though the official address of the plant is in Bedford, Fox 8 explains the area is considered to be Oakwood Village.

Billowing plumes of smoke could be seen for miles, the outlet also reported.

"A major explosion was reported on Alexander Road in Oakwood Village / Bedford Heights area, and multiple fire departments have been called to assist. DOPPLER RADAR has detected the smoke from the explosion in the air," Spectrum News 1 chief meteorologist Eric Elwell reported on Twitter, including a video of the radar imagery.

\u201cBREAKING: A major explosion was reported on Alexander Road in Oakwood Village / Bedford Heights area, and multiple fire departments have been called to assist. DOPPLER RADAR has detected the smoke from the explosion in the air. @SpectrumNews1OH #OHWx\u201d
— Eric Elwell (@Eric Elwell) 1676925607

Multiple people posted images and videos to Twitter of the aftermath, including news stations, media personalities, and others.

SkyFOX provided aerial footage of the massive blast, which included shots of firefighters battling the structural fire and a blue truck engulfed in flames in the parking lot.

\u201cSkyFOX is live right now over a massive fire at a Bedford metal factory. Here's what we know so far: https://t.co/7PFiTOsd4L\u201d
— fox8news (@fox8news) 1676927958
\u201c\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Massive explosion reported at a metal manufacturing plant in Bedford, Ohio.\u201d
— Chad Prather (@Chad Prather) 1676928332

A pair of eyewitness, who provided video from quite a distance away, seemed overcome by what they had seen. "Wow, that's f****** insane," said one. "It's scary, honestly," said another.

\u201c\ud83d\udea8 JUST IN: Eye witness video of the massive metal facility explosion in Bedford, Ohio \u2014 mass casualty incident declared: \n\n"Wow, that's f-cking insane!"\u201d
— Upward News (@Upward News) 1676928005

The fire was largely extinguished by 3:39 p.m. local time, News 5 Cleveland reported.

Oakwood Village is about 75 miles northwest of East Palestine, Ohio, where residents continue to suffer from a variety of physical, environmental, and economic problems following a train derailment on February 3.



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Mystery over strange animal no one could identify — and that 'went berserk,' broke out of cage, and escaped from shelter — has been solved



Remember that mystery animal that was grabbing headlines a few weeks back?

Not only because nobody could figure out exactly what it was, but also because PhillyVoice reported it "went berserk" in a western Pennsylvania shelter, "demolished" its cage, climbed shelves, and "chewed" window seals before escaping back into the wild.

Well, the mystery has been solved thanks to a completed DNA test.

The staff was waiting on DNA to determine if he's a dog or coyote before he made his escape.https://fox8.com/news/pennsylvania-rescues-mystery-animal-pulls-off-elaborate-escape/\u00a0\u2026
— fox8news (@fox8news) 1643402064

'The results are in!'

A Valentine's Day post on Facebook from Wildlife Works — which had been taking care of the creature until it busted out of the joint sometime between closing time Jan. 26 and when it reopened the next day — provided the great unveiling.

"The results are in! Our 'mystery animal' DNA sample came back," the post read. "100% coyote!"

What's the background?

The male animal began making headlines in mid-January after a woman found him near her home in Westmoreland County, Philly Voice said, adding that the animal then was taken to Wildlife Works — a Youngwood non-profit that rehabilitates and releases distressed animals. The creature's fur showed visible signs of mange.

The "coyote" was taken to the animal rehabilitation center after a Pennsylvanian woman found it on her property last week.https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/mystery-animal-found-by-pennsylvania-woman-escapes-wildlife-shelter\u00a0\u2026
— FOX Baltimore (@FOX Baltimore) 1643697000

Then on the morning of Jan. 27, a Wildlife Works staff member arrived at the shelter to find it partially ransacked, with trash strewn all over, PhillyVoice said, adding that there were scratch marks on the walls, a window's seal and screen were torn apart — and the mystery animal's cage was open and empty.

The creature had escaped, WJW-TV reported.

"The crate was just demolished. The hospital room was demolished. He had clambered up on a set of shelves and then reached over — this was no easy feat, let me tell you — he managed to stretch over to a window," Beth Shoaf, Wildlife Works' executive director, told PhillyVoice at the time. "These windows are high at the top of the walls. They're not windows you look out of, you know? And he chewed the window seals to force the window open — and out he went!"

Mystery animal that might be a dog escapes from Pennsylvania rescue.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/01/27/mystery-animal-escapes-Pennsylvania-rescue-Wildlife-Works/5711643313699\u00a0\u2026
— Sunny Days \ud83c\udf1e (@Sunny Days \ud83c\udf1e) 1643897489

Shoaf added to the outlet that "nobody in the world thought something like this could happen. He was half-dead."

PhillyVoice noted that a Wildlife Works Facebook post — which has since been deleted — said the group is upset the animal escaped:

He never acted aggressive or distressed, and there had been no evidence of escape attempts. We had him for about a week, during which time he ate nutritious food and received treatment for his mange and secondary infections. We can only guess he was starting to feel somewhat better and decided it was time to go.

Hopefully those of you who know Wildlife Works know this is NOT [our] standard of care, and will understand how devastated we are — not just for ourselves but for that poor creature out there in the cold again struggling to survive.

Shoaf told the outlet she took down the Facebook post with the photos after Wildlife Works was "deluged" with comments — most positive, but some hostile. PhillyVoice said one person threatened to come to the shelter and hunt down the animal.

She also noted to the outlet that the shelter is trying to lure the animal back and has set traps in hopes of recovering him, but there has been no sign of the animal since his escape.

Mystery animal awaiting DNA results escapes rescue facility | NewsNation Primeyoutu.be

'Thinking he is long gone'

When Wildlife Works was waiting for DNA results, Shoaf told PhillyVoice the shelter received many guesses regarding what exactly the mystery animal is.

"Everything from an abused greyhound to Chupacabra. Seriously. There were lots of people that thought it might be Chupacabra," she told the outlet, in reference to the mythical creature said to drink goat blood. "The only place I ever saw Chupacabra was on 'Scooby Doo,' and it didn't look like a dog."

As for the coyote's whereabouts, Morgan Barron — a wildlife rehabilitator at the shelter — told TribLive, “Still no sightings ... thinking he is long gone."

Animal experts investigate mystery animal Pennsylvania woman found outside homeyoutu.be

Mystery animal rescued from wild 'went berserk' in shelter, 'demolished' crate, climbed shelves, 'chewed' window seals — and escaped. But what is it?



A mystery animal — possibly a coyote, possibly a dog, maybe a combination of the two, or perhaps something else entirely — "went berserk" in a western Pennsylvania shelter one night last week, "demolished" its cage, climbed shelves, and "chewed" window seals before escaping back into the wild, PhillyVoice reported.

The staff was waiting on DNA to determine if he's a dog or coyote before he made his escape.https://fox8.com/news/pennsylvania-rescues-mystery-animal-pulls-off-elaborate-escape/\u00a0\u2026
— fox8news (@fox8news) 1643402064

Say what?

The male animal began making headlines in mid-January after a woman found him near her home in Westmoreland County, the outlet said.

The animal was being housed at Wildlife Works, a Youngwood non-profit that rehabilitates and releases distressed animals, PhillyVoice noted, adding that the creature's fur showed visible signs of mange.

The "coyote" was taken to the animal rehabilitation center after a Pennsylvanian woman found it on her property last week.https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/mystery-animal-found-by-pennsylvania-woman-escapes-wildlife-shelter\u00a0\u2026
— FOX Baltimore (@FOX Baltimore) 1643697000

The shelter also sent out blood samples from the animal for DNA analysis, which takes several weeks, the outlet said.

Then last Thursday morning, a Wildlife Works staff member arrived at the shelter to find it partially ransacked, with trash strewn all over, PhillyVoice said, adding that there were scratch marks on the walls, a window's seal and screen were torn apart — and the mystery animal's cage was open and empty.

The creature had escaped, WJW-TV reported.

"The crate was just demolished. The hospital room was demolished. He had clambered up on a set of shelves and then reached over — this was no easy feat, let me tell you — he managed to stretch over to a window," Beth Shoaf, Wildlife Works' executive director, told PhillyVoice earlier this week. "These windows are high at the top of the walls. They're not windows you look out of, you know? And he chewed the window seals to force the window open — and out he went!"

Mystery animal that might be a dog escapes from Pennsylvania rescue.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/01/27/mystery-animal-escapes-Pennsylvania-rescue-Wildlife-Works/5711643313699\u00a0\u2026
— Sunny Days \ud83c\udf1e (@Sunny Days \ud83c\udf1e) 1643897489

Shoaf added to the outlet that "nobody in the world thought something like this could happen. He was half-dead."

PhillyVoice noted a Wildlife Works Facebook post — which has since been deleted — said the group is upset the animal escaped:

He never acted aggressive or distressed, and there had been no evidence of escape attempts. We had him for about a week, during which time he ate nutritious food and received treatment for his mange and secondary infections. We can only guess he was starting to feel somewhat better and decided it was time to go.

Hopefully those of you who know Wildlife Works know this is NOT [our] standard of care, and will understand how devastated we are — not just for ourselves but for that poor creature out there in the cold again struggling to survive.

Shoaf told the outlet she took down the Facebook post with the photos after Wildlife Works was "deluged" with comments — most positive, but some hostile. PhillyVoice said one person threatened to come to the shelter and hunt down the animal.

She also noted to the outlet that the shelter is trying to lure the animal back and has set traps in hopes of recovering him, but there has been no sign of the animal since his escape.

Mystery animal awaiting DNA results escapes rescue facility | NewsNation Primeyoutu.be

Name that animal...

While Wildlife Works waits for DNA results, Shoaf noted to PhillyVoice that the shelter has received many guesses regarding what exactly the mystery animal is.

"Everything from an abused greyhound to Chupacabra. Seriously. There were lots of people that thought it might be Chupacabra," she told the outlet, in reference to the mythical creature said to drink livestock blood. "The only place I ever saw Chupacabra was on 'Scooby Doo,' and it didn't look like a dog."

PhillyVoice readers have said the animal is a Mexican hairless dog or a coydog, the outlet noted.

"I did not realize how many species of hairless dogs there are," Shoaf added the PhillyVoice. "There's something called a Xolo [another name for a Mexican hairless] and there's a dhole. It was very enlightening."

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14-year-old girl shoots world record 42-point buck 1 day after hunting season kicks off: 'I'd like to encourage other kids to get in the outdoors'



Paslie Werth, a 14-year-old Kansas girl, got off the shot of a lifetime when she struck a world record-setting 42-point buck.

Paslie took down the buck just one day after Kansas opened its 2020 hunting season in September.

On Tuesday, Fox News reported that she didn't just take the state record, but the world record to boot.

What are the details?

According to a report from KSNW-TV, Paslie's shot captured the record for the largest non-typical whitetail shot by a female hunter.

"Werth," the outlet reported, "was reportedly required to wait for the 60-day drying period in order to officially measure the rack" for certification purposes.

The buck was unofficially entered as a gross green score of 282 6/8 inches and showed 44 points prior to drying. After drying, the buck measured in at 271 4/8 inches and 42 points.

In a statement, Paslie said, "When we got the score, it was hard to wrap [our heads] around because none of us guessed it to be that much. And it was just very surprising, and I kinda couldn't believe it. The trail camera pictures that we got did not do it justice."

Paslie said she spotted the buck on her family's land about three years ago. She explained that her family passed on the buck over the last two years, but 2020 was her year.

"My sister passed on the buck, and then my dad passed on it last year, because it was pretty broke up when he saw it, and this year was kinda just my year."

"Being with my dad and as soon as I shot it and we got out of the blind and we got to it, we were so happy then and that was probably the best moment of it," she said. "Being able to share the experience with my dad, it was just really fun."

42 points! 14-year-old Kansas girl shoots world record-breaking buck https://t.co/L3hRokEFxy
— fox8news (@fox8news)1607791090.0

What else?

Following her shot, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported that Paslie's mother, Dionne, said that her family felt "very fortunate" that Paslie was the one to harvest the buck after watching him grow for the last three years.

“When he stood up 25 yards away, I was in shock of his massive rack," Paslie recalled at the time.

The Capital-Journal reported that in addition to deer hunting, Paslie enjoys fishing and competes in 4H shooting sports, air pistol and archery.

The record-setting buck was the fourth buck she has taken down in her years of hunting.

“My next biggest was a 12-point whitetail that scored 178," Paslie said. "I'd like to thank my parents and grandparents for helping me have this experience. I'd like to encourage other kids to get in the outdoors."