The gas company that is named in a lawsuit in connection with a 2023 home explosion that left three people injured in Columbiana County is asking to have the lawsuit dismissed.

The suit was filed Friday, August 8 in the Columbiana County Common Pleas Court in connection with the explosion at a home on the 500 block of Wells Falls Road in Yellow Creek Township in August of 2023 that injured three.

The suit names gas company Eichler LP Gas, Inc., as well as Eichler LP Gas owner Gary Eichler and employee Galen Brandt as defendants.

According to the suit, the occupants called Eichler on August 13, 2023 after they found that there was no hot water in their home and the propane tank was empty.

The suit goes on to allege that the defendants filled the tank with propane without noticing that t

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