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.