Man injured after suspected gas leak causes East End home to explode, firefighters say
Neighbors in the area were able to reach the other resident before the fire spread further.
“[The neighbor] told me, ‘there’s a fire,’ I said ‘What?’ ‘A fire.’ I got out of here, it blowed up really bad,” Dean told KPRC 2 reporter Rilwan Balogun. Dean said he saw his co-resident laying on the lawn with one side of his body burnt. Firefighters arrived and took him to an area hospital with first and second-degree burns.Chief Rocha said firefighters found a wall that partially collapsed, a type of damage that doesn’t happen often in fires.The landlord of the duplex home told KPRC 2 that the dwelling is not insured and is waiting to make the next steps.Copyright 2022 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.
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