Another little story from my neighborhood. Early last Thursday morning, just after midnight, my neighbors and I heard a distant boom. We didn't know what to make of it and didn't think much about it until next morning when the local news reported that a house, about 2 miles from my own, blew up. Blew up! An entire house was reduced to rubble following a huge explosion. The cause is under investigation but all indications point to a gas leak inside the home. Take a look at the attached photo of the home destroyed in the explosion. Nothing except a fireplace was left standing - as also amazingly, the 69 year old occupant of the home. Ann Patterson Smith, the owner of the destroyed home was found dazed but suffering only minor burns and singed hair!
MISSOURI CITY — Fire investigators and Quail Valley residents used the words "amazing," "unbelievable" and "miracle" to describe the survival of a 69-year-old woman after an explosion destroyed her brick house early Thursday.
The blast, which knocked out dozens of windows of neighboring homes, had such force that debris was scattered hundreds of feet away, and trees next to Ann Patterson Smith's home were full of shingles, insulation and two-by-fours.
The only thing left standing on the smoldering concrete foundation was the brick fireplace. A dazed Smith stood clad in her pajamas amid the debris and suffered only minor burns......
The explosion happened just after midnight at the house that sits on a cul-de-sac near the Quail Valley golf course.
"It's a miracle that she survived and kind of a miracle that nobody else was injured," said Jim Wyatt, who lives across the street.
Wyatt said it was about 12:15 a.m. Thursday when his house shook.
"It blew my front door in. My wife looks across the street and said, 'Ann's house has blown up,' " he said.
Wyatt quickly dressed and ran outside.
"I wasn't expecting to find anything, you know, and as I am climbing over the rubble, I see her standing up in her pajamas barefooted," he said.
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