Al Santostefano, Middletown's deputyfire marshal, declined tocomment on the cause of the explosion, butinastatementhesaid the mayor 'assures thepublic that there is nopublichealththreat.'
They were designed around 1930 by Fulco Santostefano della Cerda, Duke of Verdura, for Coco Chanel (both in picture, above), using stones from Edwardian and Victorian jewelry given to her by various lovers.