Gas explosion rock downtown Steamboat Springs 30 years later – still remembered by first responders.
Steamboat Springs, Colo. – Paramedic Mike Hirshman vividly recalls the day the Good News Building exploded in downtown Steamboat Springs on Feb. 3, 1994. Enjoying lunch at a local restaurant to celebrate a recent accomplishment, he and his colleague were suddenly interrupted by the news of the explosion just blocks away. In the chaotic aftermath, Hirshman, along with other emergency responders, rushed to the scene to render aid to those affected by the blast. The …