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'It's a miracle': Homeowner survives gas explosion in Maryland

'It's a miracle': Homeowner survives gas explosion in Maryland
KATE AMARA HAS INFORMATION FROM THE NEIGHBORODHO. KAI: THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE -- KATE: THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE WRAPPED UP THERENV IESTIGATION AND HERE IS THE LATEST. THIS WAS A GAS EXPLOSION. THEY SAY BG&E IS NOT AT FAU.LT THE AREA OF ORIGIN WITHIN THE KITCHEN AND THEY ARE FOCUSING ON THE STOVE. THEY ARE LOOKING IONT REPORTS FROM THE HEIGHT OFHE T EMERGENCY THAT JUST BERE THEFO EXPLOSION IT IS WORKING ON A REPAIR AND WAS SMOKING AT THE TIME. THEY CAN’T SIT DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW UNTIL HE IS WLEL ENOUGH. >> I WOULD HAVE BET MY NEXT PAYCHECK THAT NOBODY WOULD HAVE MADE IT OUT OF THAT HOUSE ALIVE. KATE: ON MONDAY ORNING, AS ETH CLEAN UP GOT UNDERWAY AND THE INVESTIGATION WOUND DO.WN NEIGHBORS TALKED TO 11 NEWS AB OUT WHAT THEY WITNESSED REHE SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE SCENE OF A VIOLENT HOUSE EXPLOSION IN EDGEWOOD. >> WE THOUGHT IT WAS A BOMB. WE FELT ETH WHOLE -- IT WAS BIG. IT WAS DEEP. IT WAS VERY SCARY. THE LIGHTS WENT OFF IMMEDIATELY. KATE: HENRY SCHWARTZMAN ALSO FELT THE BLAST. HE LIVES NEXT DOOR TO THE MEHO THAT EXPLODED. >> IT KNOCKED ME OFF THE SA.OF KATE: THE DAMAGE TO HIS HOME -- AS HE GOT THE PROCESS STARTED TO GET THE DAMAGE TO HIS HOME REPAIRED, MISTER SCHWARTZMAN WAS THINKING ABOUT HIS NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR WHO SURVIVED THE BLAS T.>> HE WORKED FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE. HE WAS GOING TO RETIRE IN TWO MONTHS. KATE: FIRE OFFICIALS TELL 11 NEWS, THE HOMEOWNER WALKEDWAY A FROM THE SCENE LAST NIGHT. >> IT IS A MIRACLE HE SURVIVE SUCH A VIOLENT EXPLOSION. KATE: AND BY MONDAY MORNING, BOTH OF HIS DOGS HAD AS LL.WE >> ONE OF THE DOGS CLIMBED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE RUBBLE. KATE: UPWARDS OF THIRD DEGREE ON HIS UPPER BARDI -- PEUPR BODY
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'It's a miracle': Homeowner survives gas explosion in Maryland
The scene investigators called a "violent gas explosion" in Edgewood, Maryland, came into focus Monday morning as cleanup efforts and the investigation began.One person was hospitalized after a gas explosion destroyed a house Sunday night at the intersection in Edgewood, fire officials told sister station WBAL.Investigators from the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office wrapped up their investigation at the scene shortly after noon Monday. Investigators told WBAL this was a gas explosion and Baltimore Gas and Electric is not at fault. The area of origin was within the kitchen, where investigators are focusing on the stove."I saw the flames shooting over the top of the house on the corner, and the more I walked up, I realized what had happened," said Donna Dulski, a neighbor. "(It's) quite upsetting, and I would have bet my next paycheck that nobody would have made it out of that house alive.""I was about ready to fall asleep and suddenly I heard this noise I have never heard before. I mean, it was thunderous," said Rick Dulski, a neighbor."It was big. It was deep. It was very scary. The lights went off immediately," said Alicia Larkins, a neighbor.Henry Schwartzman also felt the blast. He lives next door to the home that exploded."It knocked me off the sofa and things started to fall down. It got black all of a sudden after the hit," he said. "I came to the door and I (saw) flames and smoke."As he got the process started to get the damage to his home repaired, Schwartzman was thinking about his next-door neighbor who survived the blast."He worked for the Postal Service. He was going to retire in two months," Schwartzman said."We're just praying right now that he recovers from his injuries," Donna Dulski said."Thank God he was alive," Larkins said.Investigators said the homeowner was pulled from the rubble in the back of the house by a good Samaritan, who also pulled a dog from the rubble. Investigators want to speak with the good Samaritan to get more details. The dog is being treated by an emergency vet and a second dog is being treated by animal control."It's a miracle that he survived such a violent explosion," Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver Alkire said.Investigators said the homeowner is in critical but stable condition at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center for treatment of upwards of third-degree burns mostly to his upper body.
EDGEWOOD, Md. —

The scene investigators called a "violent gas explosion" in Edgewood, Maryland, came into focus Monday morning as cleanup efforts and the investigation began.

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One person was hospitalized after a gas explosion destroyed a house Sunday night at the intersection in Edgewood, fire officials told sister station WBAL.

Investigators from the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office wrapped up their investigation at the scene shortly after noon Monday. Investigators told WBAL this was a gas explosion and Baltimore Gas and Electric is not at fault. The area of origin was within the kitchen, where investigators are focusing on the stove.

"I saw the flames shooting over the top of the house on the corner, and the more I walked up, I realized what had happened," said Donna Dulski, a neighbor. "(It's) quite upsetting, and I would have bet my next paycheck that nobody would have made it out of that house alive."

"I was about ready to fall asleep and suddenly I heard this noise I have never heard before. I mean, it was thunderous," said Rick Dulski, a neighbor.

"It was big. It was deep. It was very scary. The lights went off immediately," said Alicia Larkins, a neighbor.

Henry Schwartzman also felt the blast. He lives next door to the home that exploded.

"It knocked me off the sofa and things started to fall down. It got black all of a sudden after the hit," he said. "I came to the door and I (saw) flames and smoke."

As he got the process started to get the damage to his home repaired, Schwartzman was thinking about his next-door neighbor who survived the blast.

"He worked for the Postal Service. He was going to retire in two months," Schwartzman said.

"We're just praying right now that he recovers from his injuries," Donna Dulski said.

"Thank God he was alive," Larkins said.

Investigators said the homeowner was pulled from the rubble in the back of the house by a good Samaritan, who also pulled a dog from the rubble. Investigators want to speak with the good Samaritan to get more details. The dog is being treated by an emergency vet and a second dog is being treated by animal control.

"It's a miracle that he survived such a violent explosion," Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver Alkire said.

Investigators said the homeowner is in critical but stable condition at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center for treatment of upwards of third-degree burns mostly to his upper body.