Jan 12, 2008 10:54 am US/Central
Home That Exploded In Carver County Is Total Loss
LAKE TOWN TOWNSHIP, Minn. (WCCO) ―
-
-
The Carver County Sheriff's Office said the house was at 9330 Lennis Avenue, which is just off Highway 10, just east of Waconia, Minn.
CBS
A house exploded
in Lake Town Township, Minn. just before 8:30 p.m. Friday night.
"I
heard a big explosion. Boom! The house shook," said Waconia
Firefighter Drew Gulden. "So I ran to the end of the driveway,
looked left, and the house was on fire."
The Carver County
Sheriff's Office said the house was at 9330 Lennis Avenue, which is just off
Highway 10, just east of Waconia,
Minn.
"I
just saw flames. That was it. Just flames," says Firefighter
Gulden.
No one was home at
the time of the explosion and no one was injured, said Randy Sorensen, the fire
chief of the Waconia Fire Department.
The explosion blew
debris all across the yard and into neighboring yards. The explosion and
subsequent fire nearly leveled the house.
"When
we came down the road, we could see a column of flames in the air," said Sorensen.
"Everything is a total loss: the house, the structure, the contents -- a
total loss."
Neighbors called
911 and when firefighters arrived, the structure was fully engulfed.
Firefighters have not been able to enter what's remaining of the house, because
it is so unstable. The debris was still smoldering three hours after the
explosion.
"From
the garage all the way down, the whole house was involved, the garage
included. There was no roof standing. There were hardly any walls standing
when we got there," said the Fire Chief.
Authorities
believe natural gas is the cause of the explosion. Sorensen said the
family told investigators they had someone in to check out the furnace recently.
(© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
Click to enlarge
Stumble It!
Reporting
