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Owners Leave Shortly Before Virginia Home Leveled By Gas Explosion Owners Leave Shortly Before Virginia Home Leveled By Gas Explosion
Owners Leave Shortly Before Virginia Home Leveled By Gas Explosion An unexpected explosion rocked a Virginia neighborhood on Saturday morning when a house was leveled when a gas tank went up in flames, officials said. The Bristol Fire Department responded at approximately 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 to a reported explosion in the 300 block of Booher Springs Road, according to the agency. Officials said the house was destroyed in the incident and a nearby residence was also damaged. At the time of the explosion, no one was inside the residence, and the homeowners reportedly had left shortly after the fire broke out. Video of the aftermath of the exp…