DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Police have identified a man killed by an underground explosion at a gas station in Stone Mountain.
Police said Larry Dobbs, 51, of Newnan was pronounced dead at the scene.
The explosion happened at about 5 p.m. Friday at a BP gas station in the area of Hugh Howell Road and Mountain Industrial.
DeKalb County police spokeswoman Officer Mekka Parish said the gas station that was preparing to reopen. A second man was taken to a hospital with burns.
Parish said Dobbs was working underground to change a gas line to a diesel line when the explosion happened.
Dobbs' brother, Alan, and another man working at the site were not injured.
The underground explosion was powerful enough to pop the covers of several neighboring manholes.
The explosion was still under investigation.
WSBTV
