Billings House Explosion
Larry Mayer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 8 months AGO
The back wall of a house behind 114 South 29th Street was blown apart in an explosion has sent three people to the hospital, Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Billings, Mt. The Billings Gazette reports three men appeared to have suffered burns in the explosion at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in a residence on the city's south side. Fire Chief Paul Dextras says firefighters extinguished a small fire, but the structure is so damaged it is not safe. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)
ARTICLES BY LARRY MAYER
Regional Water Trial
An undated photo shows an aerial view of the confluence of the Tongue and Yellowstone Rivers at Miles City. A legal clash over water rights on the arid Northern Plains is bound for trial as attorneys for Montana press their case that Wyoming farmers and oil and gas companies are sucking too much water from tributaries of the Yellowstone River. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Larry Mayer)
Regional Rape Case Judge
This undated photo shows District Judge G. Todd Baugh presiding at a hearing in Great Falls, Mont. Protesters are calling for the resignation of Baugh, who said a 14-year-old rape victim was "older than her chronological age" and had "as much control of the situation" as her rapist.(AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Larry Mayer)
Rape Case Judge Todd Baugh
This undated photo shows District Judge G. Todd Baugh presiding at a hearing in Great Falls, Mont. Protesters are calling for the resignation of Baugh, who said a 14-year-old rape victim was "older than her chronological age" and had "as much control of the situation" as her rapist.(AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Larry Mayer)