A House Exploded in Oklahoma City This Afternoon…

They haven’t determined the cause yet but a neighbor said he smelled natural gas a few days ago and reported it. Looks like someone was negligent. The people who lived in the house have nothing left, their stuff blew all over. A nearby business caught the explosion on their survellience camera.

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eli1601 · 70-79, M

When I was a teenager a friend and I were going to a football game on a Saturday afternoon. He was supposed to pick me up. When he didn't show I tried calling but got a busy signal. A few minutes later he called and said he couldn't go because, "my house blew up". My reaction was, yeah right.

I drove over and it looked like the house had blown straight up, moved over a couple of feet, and came down. There was laundry sticking out trapped by the house on the foundation. All the windows were blown out.

He told me later that they smelled gas and called the gas company. One of the two men from the gas company, an obvious genius, went downstairs with a lit cigar in his mouth.

He also said he was in the living room when the house blew, but was "lucky" because, although he was blown out the front window, the glass blew out before he went out. He and his parents had minor injuries. The gas company employee was badly burned.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@eli1601 So was there a big lawsuit?

eli1601 · 70-79, M

@cherokeepatti There was a suit, of course, but they kept the details pretty quiet. All my buddy would say was they didn't get as much as they thought they should.

They never rebuilt the house. They sold the land and moved into an apartment. I wondered if they used the money to pay for his education. He went to a very expensive college in Connecticut.

I do have to say his parents never seemed bitter. I knew them well and they seemed happy with their life and traveled a lot so I'm guessing it worked out for them.

curiosi · 61-69, F

I was watching the news at noon one day and saw that the DEA made a huge drug bust. Then as the camera panned out I saw someone I knew. She used to be my neighbor. Apparently they had a meth lab going with enough to blow up the whole neighborhood. Scary stuff as any one of us could be the victim of their negligence.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@curiosi yes, same with me. When I hear “house explosion” I wonder whether it was a meth manufacturing house or a natural gas explosion.

Pretzel · 61-69, M

yikes
very little burn damage - mostly just the blast - even blew a wall down.

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Pretzel · 61-69, M

@cherokeepatti looks like the 14 year old daughter died (pulled out the wreckage) and three people are in the hospital

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Pretzel aw I haven’t heard that yet and the news is on but it’s on national news now, they will have the local news on the station I am watching in a few minutes.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Pretzel I just watched News 9 channel and they have a crew on the ground and they are still saying no one has been reported injured or dead.

SW-User

That's awful. I hope no one was hurt or killed.

Stargazer89

That's unfortunate. People need to take care of their property better. Now that city might issue new over bearing regulations because people can't watch what they are doing

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 41-45, MVIP

Climate change is real yo

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout and the natural gas company contracts out workers to take care of repairs. This isn’t the first house that has exploded due to natural gas leaks.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout and someone who lived near that house reported smelling natural gas a few days ago and reported it to the gas company.

uncalled4 · 56-60, M

Terrible news, hope no one was home.

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