House Exploded

This house is a couple streets over from me. Walking distance. Happened around 9pm. Luckily empty and only one minor injury. House is completely gone. That heating and cooling van belongs to neighbor.

Meth lab???? wow must of scared the heck out of you

You know, I've often watched movies where the bad guys create explosives that are triggered by a cell phone call. I've often wondered if people actually do this in real life and get their plans (and lives) cut short simply by someone, somewhere, dialing a wrong number.

That is scary, a cell phone call?
Glad you are OK Joe.

Aerial View. I highly doubt methlab but a gas leak or someone was stealing pipes. It was recently unoccupied rental.

Dayuumm! Scary stuff, for sure! I'm so glad the house was unoccupied and no one suffered more than minor injuries.

Same thing happened in my neighborhood last summer, but the house was occupied. The dad was apparently working in the garage/driveway just outside the open garage with some kind of soldering/welding tool and sparked an unnoticed gas leak. Luckily, no one was severely injured, but what remains of the house is still cordoned off and uninhabitable. It's made me so freakin' paranoid!

Who the heck do you call to clean up a crap pile like that??

Is that all on the landlords of that empty (used to be) house?

Crap that would not be fun.

I imagine insurance will cover clean up. I heard neihbors had gas company out earlier that day because they smelled gas on and off but nothing registered when they were out. One house may have to be torn down because it off foundation.

Wow, amazing photos. Do let us know when/if they find the cause.

It's amazing what can cause stuff like this. I know of a ship that was internally destroyed because they had been spray painting the cabins - one painter lit a cigarette before he was fully above deck, and the accumulated paint fumes went off like a bomb.

Gas company was called out the day that the explosion happened after calls came in about gas smell but couldn't locate a leak. That night it happened. Of course gas company being very quiet.