Originally Posted by
white_n_slow
Yeah, it was nuts seeing it on the news. Some of the flames were like 7x taller than a 2-story house... I kept looking at the houses to get perspective and going "no way" :eek3:
People who were there said that just after the explosion flames were 3-400ft high. The current report is that 38 homes were destroyed, not 53...with 7 more having significant damage. Four fatalities so far, but they are searching house by house with dogs right now.
A guy that was supposed to play in a golf tournament at my work today no-showed because he lost his house, and his son was in the hospital with injuries from the blast/fire. A person I work with knows someone who lives in the area of the fire...after the explosion he had no power and was trying to leave after gathering his cats/dogs. He rolled up the garage door by hand and the car in the driveway was on fire. So he hopped in his jag in the garage...by the time he got out, his headlights and taillights had melted.
They had the fire 50% contained last night, but it flared up somewhere and was burning again this morning.
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