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2 killed, others injured, some homes flattened, 27 uninhabitable, 80 damaged:
http://www.wthr.com/story/20064868/i...w-you-can-help
"I've been to many explosions...but I've not seen anything with this type of destruction that happened so quickly."
Cause unknown but natural gas suspected with 2 possible causes ruled out:
http://www.wthr.com/story/20067901/s...-still-unknown
Some pets evacuated, others running at large, frightened:
http://www.wthr.com/story/20066853/s...explosion-area
Apparently all the affected homes have insurance and the community has been very supportive so human evacuees aren't in shelters, though the local pet shelter has offered temporary free shelter for pets.
This reminds me of the horrible San Bruno pipeline explosion in CA a couple of years ago, though I think that was an older neighborhood and there were reports of odors and other trouble prior to that one.
In this case, using Zillow data, this neighborhood was just built in 2000. Here is a map that details damages to homes if you click on the markers.
http://www.wthr.com/category/251036/...-explosion-map
General location:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fieldf...gl=us&t=h&z=15
http://www.wthr.com/story/20064868/i...w-you-can-help
"I've been to many explosions...but I've not seen anything with this type of destruction that happened so quickly."
http://www.wthr.com/story/20067901/s...-still-unknown
Some pets evacuated, others running at large, frightened:
http://www.wthr.com/story/20066853/s...explosion-area
Apparently all the affected homes have insurance and the community has been very supportive so human evacuees aren't in shelters, though the local pet shelter has offered temporary free shelter for pets.
This reminds me of the horrible San Bruno pipeline explosion in CA a couple of years ago, though I think that was an older neighborhood and there were reports of odors and other trouble prior to that one.
In this case, using Zillow data, this neighborhood was just built in 2000. Here is a map that details damages to homes if you click on the markers.
http://www.wthr.com/category/251036/...-explosion-map
General location:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fieldf...gl=us&t=h&z=15
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