A Seattle firefighter who says he was knocked out by the force of the Greenwood natural-gas explosion last year is suing Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and its contractor over the blast.
In the lawsuit filed Friday, Jeff Markoff said he was about 90 feet from the epicenter of the alleyway explosion that leveled two buildings and damaged dozens more. He said he has since experienced “ongoing cognitive difficulties, severe headaches, hearing loss, disturbances such as recurring images after the explosion, memory loss” and other health issues. Markoff, 50, said in an interview Monday that the explosion “blew me and pretty much everybody standing in that back alley onto our faces.”
Two-by-fours and concrete rained over his head, he said.
“There’s increasing concern that the blast has caused some brain injury,” said Markoff’s lawyer, Darrell Cochran.