We were sitting in the basement watching a movie about an hour ago when Bob thought he heard something. The phone rang and Mary Lou said that something had exploded nearby and the sky was black with smoke. We ran outside in time to hear sirens and see the smoke. My first thought was that a plane had crashed. Ever since the airport put in the new runway, we have a lot of air traffic over our subdivision. We hopped in the car and drove out to Portage and turned north. We immediately could see fire engines and police cars. We got as far as Arbor Gate subdivision and knew that was where things were unfolding. Residents had been evacuated and were lining the road. We asked what happended, and a man responded to us that a house had exploded - a natural gas explosion. As I looked into the subdivision, I could see a huge orange glow of fire and lots of black smoke. We immediatley turned into Northwood Hills and made our way home, avoiding the oncoming emergency traffic. I'm sitting here now, waiting for the news at 10:00 to get more information. This subdivision sits about a half mile from our home - and about 7 miles from Colleen's home. When I called Colleen to tell her, she said "I HEARD IT - and wondered what it was!!"
Updated on Friday morning with a photo from the local news:
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I heard and felt it too, just unbelieveable!
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