Looks like the southern house was pretty well protected by those trees. Crazy that nothing is left of that house. We don't really have gas lines where I am.
I lost my grandparents to a propane leak. Blew the house to pieces. Of course, it didn't kill them. They died slowly from the fire. All because some asshole didn't do his job.
gas explosions in a house are no joke, 2 years ago i was on the highway dropping my mother off at work about a half a quarter mile from a exit into a neighborhood (in between Waxahachie & Ennis TX) similar to this when i saw what looked like a mini nuclear mushroom cloud 100 or so feet from within, the wave that hit my car rattled me. at the time i assumed it was (somehow idk how logic lead to this) a garbage truck that had something explode because there was just debri raining down.
anywho i quickly exit and get to the house in about a minute, jump out and all the neighbors are just getting out lined up on the sidewalk in shock trying to take it in. what used to be a 2 story reletively new cookie cutter looking starter home was NOTHING but rubble, mostly 3 ft at its highest with a few interior walls 8 ft or so inside.
the explosion had also ripped apart the outside of the two houses beside the original house and removed all the shingles/parts of the roofing, it blew out the windows on the 5 closest houses as well.
a paramedic neighbor and i run around the outside of the house towards the back looking for the best way to climb in after hearing a neighbor say 2 people were home and obviously not outside(elderly woman 60s and her disabled nephew she cared for).
we climbed into the back of the house into what i assume used to be the living room and on the floor with half a panel of sheet rock on her is this mid 60s lady, sitting down, understandably just in shock. But what STILL just flabbergasts me to this day is, when i saw her she was WHOLE, concsious, and relatively unharmed looking for what had just occured. i cant understand how the explosion I SAW sent the house 125 yards in each direction, at least 100 feet up, LEVELLED the house and this lady was sitting with only a broken shoulder and a burnt forearm. THATS IT.
me and the off duty paramedic picked her up and carried her across the street while waiting on first responders and then i & another guy carried the nephew who was shocked but unharmed, whom we found beside the car in the remains of the garage to her while we awaited first responders.
the scale of destruction was unreal, and come to find out, the lady had called atmos gas 3 days prior (friday morning) and told them she had a gas leak and could smell it and was told that it would be alright and they would check on it next week..... hours after the explosion there was atleast 40 atmos vans scouring the nieghborhood and as far as i know it ended up being their fault for not installling marking/or monitoring the underlying lines that run to the street or something similar to that. i could be wrong but thats just my understanding.
drakeshe on April 2nd, 2019 at 09:32 UTC »
Looks like the southern house was pretty well protected by those trees. Crazy that nothing is left of that house. We don't really have gas lines where I am.
NebRGR4354 on April 2nd, 2019 at 11:34 UTC »
I lost my grandparents to a propane leak. Blew the house to pieces. Of course, it didn't kill them. They died slowly from the fire. All because some asshole didn't do his job.
kr1tterz on April 2nd, 2019 at 12:20 UTC »
gas explosions in a house are no joke, 2 years ago i was on the highway dropping my mother off at work about a half a quarter mile from a exit into a neighborhood (in between Waxahachie & Ennis TX) similar to this when i saw what looked like a mini nuclear mushroom cloud 100 or so feet from within, the wave that hit my car rattled me. at the time i assumed it was (somehow idk how logic lead to this) a garbage truck that had something explode because there was just debri raining down.
anywho i quickly exit and get to the house in about a minute, jump out and all the neighbors are just getting out lined up on the sidewalk in shock trying to take it in. what used to be a 2 story reletively new cookie cutter looking starter home was NOTHING but rubble, mostly 3 ft at its highest with a few interior walls 8 ft or so inside.
the explosion had also ripped apart the outside of the two houses beside the original house and removed all the shingles/parts of the roofing, it blew out the windows on the 5 closest houses as well.
a paramedic neighbor and i run around the outside of the house towards the back looking for the best way to climb in after hearing a neighbor say 2 people were home and obviously not outside(elderly woman 60s and her disabled nephew she cared for).
we climbed into the back of the house into what i assume used to be the living room and on the floor with half a panel of sheet rock on her is this mid 60s lady, sitting down, understandably just in shock. But what STILL just flabbergasts me to this day is, when i saw her she was WHOLE, concsious, and relatively unharmed looking for what had just occured. i cant understand how the explosion I SAW sent the house 125 yards in each direction, at least 100 feet up, LEVELLED the house and this lady was sitting with only a broken shoulder and a burnt forearm. THATS IT.
me and the off duty paramedic picked her up and carried her across the street while waiting on first responders and then i & another guy carried the nephew who was shocked but unharmed, whom we found beside the car in the remains of the garage to her while we awaited first responders.
the scale of destruction was unreal, and come to find out, the lady had called atmos gas 3 days prior (friday morning) and told them she had a gas leak and could smell it and was told that it would be alright and they would check on it next week..... hours after the explosion there was atleast 40 atmos vans scouring the nieghborhood and as far as i know it ended up being their fault for not installling marking/or monitoring the underlying lines that run to the street or something similar to that. i could be wrong but thats just my understanding.
pic 1 of house https://media.nbcdfw.com/images/1200*675/wax-house-explosion2.jpg
second https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/HT_wfaa_blast_5_jt_150921_16x9_992.jpg