More than a dozen people were hurt, some critically, when they returned to a New York bungalow and it suddenly exploded, igniting a massive fire, officials say.
Fourteen people were injured when the Monroe bungalow on Cromwell Road went ka-boom and went up in flames early Friday around 12:15, Vini Tankasali, Department Commissioner of Emergency Services for Orange County said. Three people were critically injured and Tankasali said at least one of the injured were airlifted. The injured are being treated at an area hospital.
Neighbors said at the scene that there were teenage boys from New York City, possibly Brooklyn, staying in the bungalow for a camp. The neighbors said the boys returned to the bungalow, smelled gas and opened a window. It was then when the bungalow blew up.
Tankasali could not independently confirm the explosion was the result of a gas leak.
Video from the scene shows a home completely engulfed in flames and smoke as firefighters work to put out the inferno.
Tankasali said eight fire departments were able to put out the blaze in about 40 minutes. He said the fire was in a non-fire-hydrant area so other departments were called in for water.
The cause of the explosions and inferno is still under investigation.
Source : Nbcnewyork
