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Explosion at laundry kills Skokie resident

  • Date: Feb. 15, 1990
  • Source: Skokie Review, Thursday, February 15, 1990, p. 3
  • Author: Routliffe, Kathy
  • Summary: Skokie Fire Department. officials are investigating a February 11 explosion that took the life of Yong Chan Chon, 33. Chon owned the Howard Shirt and Laundry, 3919 W. Howard Street. Chon died after an air compressor tank exploded in the store basement
  • Explosions
    Business - Dry cleaners
    Accidents
    Howard Shirt and Laundry
    Chon, Yong Chan