'Gas explosion' at house near York...

[Ninastar]

Jesus christ... There's literally nothing left. I hope no one was home when this happened. :sad:

http://www.strayfm.com/news/local-news/1890670/video-explosion-at-house-in-york/

[lostalex]

yikes that is scary.

this happened in the US a few years ago, turns out the home owners did it on purpose for insurance money, but they got caught, and one of their neighbors was killed. i really hope this isn't a similar case.

[Ammi]

..crikey, it's lucky there wasn't more damage to the properties around it, maybe the casualty was someone in the house on the right...7.30am is a time when many people are still home and as it's half term, if there are school age children living there...

[Ninastar]

I've been told on fb by someone who has a neighbor there that apparently the family were luckily on holiday. I really hope this is true.

[Ammi]

I've been told on fb by someone who has a neighbor there that apparently the family were luckily on holiday. I really hope this is true.

....jeez, I hope that's true as well, Caitlin...their world is obviously going to be shattered anyway when they know about it, but at least they'll still have a world to build again...

[bots]

If it was a gas explosion, the build up of gas would have been very noticeable to someone living inside.

[Will.]

A 63-year-old man has died and two were injured in a suspected gas explosion that reduced a house to rubble in North Yorkshire this morning.
The unnamed victim, believed to be a father of one who university in Leeds, died at around 7.30am this morning when his house in Haxby, a suburb of York, was razed to the ground.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/19/08/315CE51000000578-3454209-image-a-9_1455870314699.jpg

Properties surrounding the levelled house were also damaged and debris from the blast littered the street and was also found up to a quarter of a mile away.
Neighbours told MailOnline they were woken by a loud blast heard up to a mile away, which some said sounded like 'an aeroplane crash'.
Inspector Steve Breen from North Yorkshire Police revealed a 63-year-old living in the house had died and his family have been informed. Two other people were injured.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/19/10/315D584D00000578-3454209-image-a-32_1455876137127.jpg


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3454209/Shocking-photos-house-reduced-rubble-suspected-gas-explosion-North-Yorkshire.html#ixzz40bzq13Er

[Will.]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/19/10/315D59A400000578-3454209-image-a-33_1455876188376.jpg

[Cherie]

It appears the 63 year home owner may have died in the blast

[Kizzy]

If it was a gas explosion, the build up of gas would have been very noticeable to someone living inside.

Gas only smells once exposed to the air if it was underground there would be no smell.

[Nicky91]

terrible


but this happens way too often

[Ninastar]

So sad :sad:

RIP

[DemolitionRed]

For that sort of explosion it was probably leaking down into the foundations of the house for a while. The owner probably got up and switched the light on triggering a spark.

Poor guy.