House Explodes killing two and damaging fifften other houses
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Fire officials confirm a second person is dead after a massive explosion rocked a north-Edmonton neighbourhood Sunday afternoon. One person is still missing and several people are in hospital with unknown injuries, including a child.
Edmontonians within a 12-block radius of where the blast occurred report feeling reverberations. A man who lives a block-and-a-half from the scene says he felt and heard the impact clearly from his home.
"I was just sitting on my computer and all of a sudden there was this loud bang, my entire house just shook," said Dave Sinclair.
He says he ran towards the noise along with many other neighbours and was shocked to see the source of the devastation.
"It was a house that was just in smithereens, people running, trying to get people out of the house if there was anybody in there, they were running next door – it was really pandemonium," he said.
Sinclair says one house was obliterated, with the homes to the immediate left and right half destroyed. He says windows across the street were also shattered during the impact.
The cause of the explosion is not known at this time, but crews confirm they are investigating whether propane or natural gas played a role. They say at this point there is no evidence to indicate a drug lab could be behind the blast.
An evacuator is on scene, which will be used when officials confirm all people have safely been removed from the area.
In all 15 homes were directly affected by the explosion, two of which cannot be salvaged.
Last this afternoon officials explained how much manpower was needed to secure the area.
"At the height of it we were at about 21 fire apparatus units on location here to fight not just the fire in the structures, but to fight the fires that had spread to surrounding areas, being wild land areas right behind and numerous vehicles and garages as well that were involved in this event," said Fire Cpt. Robert D'Aoust with Edmonton Fire and Rescue.
Shalena Fleet was several blocks away at the time of the incident, lounging with friends at her home on 80th Street and 171st Avenue
"We were just sitting right in our backyard and we all just kind of felt this rumble and we looked and we seen wood and sparks and fire," she said.
"It looked like a house had exploded. Like the top had come right off of it in pieces."
Even though her home was not damaged during the blast, she says her mind is racing after seeing the debris.
"It's too close to home… I don't know I just freaked out."
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My house was close enough to feel the blast. :ohdear:
Wow, what in the world could of caused that?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;22763271]Wow, what in the world could of caused that?[/QUOTE]
Demoman
damn, he needs to calm down
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[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;22763271]Wow, what in the world could of caused that?[/QUOTE]
Supposedly a gas line, they had some footage of it from the air but I can't find any pictures right now. But there literally is no house left, just a black crater and the foundations.
Too lazy to read the article cause there's no paragraph spacing, was it because of a meth lab?
A house just exploded in my town too.
[QUOTE=mastermaul;22763381]A house just exploded in my town too.[/QUOTE]
Shit it's spreading, quarantine the territory
fuck yeah edmonton
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it was on the news and i was like "fuckin aliens man"
I'm going to take a serious guess and say meth lab.
weather balloon
What sort of town do you live in where homes just suddenly explode?
[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/15/AR2007071501171.html] Happened next to my friend's house.[/url] Me and another friend were walking down the street to the kid who lives next door's house when we hear this fucking loud explosion. Loud as in standing next to a stadium concert's speakers on max.
Anyway the dumbass was doing something involving sparks with tons of chemicals around and it went up in flames then exploded. They also found like 1000 dollars worth of fertilized locked up in his shed :v:
Anyways, house explosions are fun to watch.
[QUOTE=aznz888;22763324]damn, he needs to calm down
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That made my day.
Wow. I'm afraid of gas lines now.
[QUOTE=SKuM;22763356]Too lazy to read the article cause there's no paragraph spacing, was it because of a meth lab?[/QUOTE]
They said there is no evidence that points to it being a drug lab. However, they are investigating the cause.
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[QUOTE=Dolton;22763890][URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/15/AR2007071501171.html"] Happened next to my friend's house.[/URL] Me and another friend were walking down the street to the kid who lives next door's house when we hear this fucking loud explosion. Loud as in standing next to a stadium concert's speakers on max.
Anyway the dumbass was doing something involving sparks with tons of chemicals around and it went up in flames then exploded. They also found like 1000 dollars worth of fertilized locked up in his shed :v:
Anyways, house explosions are fun to watch.[/QUOTE]
Was he trying to make a fucking bomb?
[QUOTE=Dolton;22763890]1000 dollars worth of fertilized locked up in his shed :v:[/QUOTE]
Fertilized what? Mull plants?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;22763271]Wow, what in the world could of caused that?[/QUOTE]
The house realized it was in Alberta and committed suicide.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;22764596]The house realized it was in Alberta and committed suicide.[/QUOTE]
I am offended by this, what's wrong with Alberta. :colbert:
[QUOTE=lolnubs;22764494]Fertilized what? Mull plants?[/QUOTE]
Bombs?
The fuck would I know, after they found it all the authorities at the scene stopped telling us anything.
[QUOTE=Moreto;22764809]I am offended by this, what's wrong with Alberta. :colbert:[/QUOTE]
It's Texas Mini.
Did you know that Alberta still has an amendment in the marriage act prohibiting gay marriage, but cannot enforce it because the Charter says that gays [b]can[/b] marry and our constitution says that the definition of marriage is a federal decision?
Goes to show how stubbornly conservative that whole damned province is.
[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;22763555]What sort of town do you live in where homes just suddenly explode?[/QUOTE]
Micheal Bay's town.
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Nevermind. Misread it.
[QUOTE=CoolKingKaso;22765432]Micheal Bay's town.[/QUOTE]
Nah, the entire neighborhood would have gone up.
