Detroit-area house explodes, blasting man to the front lawn
An explosion has destroyed a house in suburban Detroit, severely injuring two people
An explosion destroyed a house before dawn Thursday in suburban Detroit and severely injured two people, including a man who was blown outside to the lawn.
“Both had extensive burns and internal injuries,” Southgate police Det. Sgt. Nathan Mosczynski said. “The woman also had an extensive leg injury.”
The explosion woke up the neighborhood before 6 a.m. A couch crashed into a window across the street and debris landed blocks away, some of it hanging from trees.
“I thought it was thunder at first,” Arturo Ramirez, who lives nearby, told The Detroit News. “Then I saw a crack form on my ceiling.”
A 38-year-old woman was pulled from rubble inside the home, police said.
“Right now it’s being treated as a gas-related incident, but the root cause is still under investigation," Mosczynski said.