FAIRBORN, Ohio — A house exploded in western Ohio on Saturday, sending six people, including three young children, to hospitals with burns and leaving one person missing, officials said.
Work was being done on the house’s water line when the gas line was struck and ruptured, causing the explosion, said Fairborn Fire Marshal Carl Day. It is unclear whether anyone died in the blast.
The house was demolished, throwing debris and the victims — including a baby — into the yard. Crews were searching the rubble for the unaccounted-for person, thought to be an older man, Day said.
Neighbor Cybil Poole told the Dayton Daily News that the explosion, which occurred 100 meters from her house, felt like a car hitting it.
“It was horrible. It was like a movie scene. You see this huge fireball and you see people come out of it on fire,” she said. “If everybody made it out of there alive, it’s truly a blessing.”
Day said four juveniles were among the injured: three young children, ages 1, 3 and 5, and a teenager. Details about the adult victims weren’t immediately available. The Associated Press
