House explosion in northwest Austin

Texas Gas Services says the house that exploded in northwest Austin did not have access to natural gas services

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[Kownby]

This happened in my sister’s neighborhood and blew out the windows at my niece’s elementary school. So scary!!!

[kcarpenter]

Why do the news agencies and firemen say TWO people were rescued from the house, but the wife says she's glad no one but her husband was there? Who was the other person in the house? I know people need their privacy, but this sounds fishy to me. Anyone else catch that?

[LeviAvstin]

I heard it all the way in the pflugerville area. Wild.

[sangmoon]

It might be possible that the underground propane tank exploded especially if it was mostly full of fumes and air mixture. I googled propane tank explosions, and surprisingly, it says about 600 such explosions occur a year. One of the characteristics of propane tank explosions is that there are relatively few fatalities of such explosions.

[katliese]

I’m in Bastrop. Did not hear anything.

[kmanwastaken]

When my family and I first heard it, we thought that a bird hit our garage door.

[theartsypixie]

Hmmm so not a gas leak... so meth or bomb?

[Liberty]

Planes crashing, houses exploding, after market, inferior parts. When the enemy is allowed to control the means of production, this happens.

[dr.markevers]

5:33 any loss of limbs? Really that’s your question? 😢

[DamonGrae]

Was the car on fire electric, and did it cause the fire?

[garygeorge]

These reporters must not know how to spell having to ask the guy to spell if for them.

[VintageVaughnVehiclces]

The mini Maids arrived in their yellow station wagon to clean the house and attempted to move the stove to clean out from behind it they never could quite get it away from the wall, and crack the propane line to the stove, got paid their salary for less than you might think only $19, an hour, a few days later the entire house is blown to smithereens. Now it's very clean behind the stove.

[wk]

It’s isolated but people from 3 hrs away felt and heard it. People in Dripping Springs felt and heard as well as Leander and Round rock! People in church nearby off 620 felt and heard it and the building shook! This is not isolated