Authorities confirm that three people are dead following a house explosion that occurred in Evansville on Wednesday afternoon.
It happened near the 1000 block of North Weinbach Avenue.
Officials say the call originally came in just before 1 p.m.
The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office says three people were killed as a result of the explosion. Officials with the Evansville Fire Department say another person was transported to a nearby hospital, but the severity of the victim’s injuries is unknown at this time.
Officials say more details will be released once the victims’ families are notified.
People on scene tell our 14 News crews they felt their homes and businesses shake when the explosion happened.
Vincent Taylor says he was working on a roof two blocks away. When he heard the explosion, he looked up and saw debris falling from the sky.
He rushed to the scene and was there just moments after the explosion.
“Total devastation – it was bad,” Taylor said. “I looked over and saw the guy in the grass and it looked bad, but a lot of people lost everything down here. Their houses are totally gone. It’s bad.”
Roxane Weber, who lives about a half block down the road on Weinbach, says she’s sad to hear about her neighbors. Weber also tells 14 News that she’ll have some problems of her own to contend with in the aftermath of Wednesday’s explosion.
“I’m worried for other people around them because it’s mostly older folks on that end,” Weber said. “It was like a bomb went off near us. All the left side of our house the windows blew, and I have cracks everywhere. It’s like we have an old plastered house.”
Read more: https://www.14news.com/2022/08/10/watch-authorities-respond-following-house-explosion-evansville/
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What is that monstrosity being towed at 0:20? It's like, a trailer that had the back half of a pickup truck put on for extra storage space…
Holy crap, I just found this channel and I am obviously blessed to have done so because I absolutely LOVE disasters. Praying for those affected.
Donde queda eso? Por favor escribir a español.
They explosion was confirmed by the city as a gas build up from problems in their pipes, all of you saying it’s not because the house would be burning, and there wasn’t a massive fireball, have internalized way too many movies.
Wow! My heart goes out to the ones who are affected. And the dead for their souls to Rest In Peace. But at least the fire station was just a few minutes away so they can get to the house quick in time.
At least firefighter fast enough to reach that place.
Looks like a war zone.
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this is kinda terrible and heartbreaking, especially if it happened in a small neighborhood like this. Is this really because of the infrastructural issue?
Holy sheesh!!
oh my LORD!!!! praying for all involved
Oh my that's horrible 😢 I wonder how it happened
There was a couple of houses that exploded here within a 2 year period until they started replacing gas lines in town. I lived a couple of miles from one and it shook my apartment. We thought someone had dropped a bomb.
This is what sewer gas does if your vents get clogged and it fills the crawl space!
#228👍Let me guess natural gas or some idiot making shatter with butane? Which was it🤷🤔⚡🗯
what was the cause of explosion?
Were they scuba divers? My guess the explosion is caused by ruptured air tanks.
oops.. no more smoking in that house!
3 people died in this explosion the couple who was living in the house that exploded and their neighbour rip to those three 🕊🕊🕊
The man who said "FUCK" 😳😞probably spoke for his entire neighborhood.
Damn. Good thing the Fire Department was just a few blocks away!
Meth cookhouse go BOOM
There she blows, I hope the people are safe!
Was it you who manipulated the footage and zoomed in before the FF at the start? It makes it seem to the observer that the camera operator knew what was about to happen if you Did and if you Didn't…
My heart goes out to everyone affected by this! We all have enough on our plates right now.
This is why you don't put the battery system in the cellar…
😳 Wow, I wonder what happened? Maybe a propane tank or a gas line.
Two of my best friends lived in that house they passed away they were married together and happy together may they rest in peace 😭
I live in the town and I heard it
#WP
Gaz ! Cabane en bois. Les buildings aussi ça peut exploser.
That sucked. This is a bad way to "go"