Truro Fire Chief Tim Collins talks about explosion that destroyed house on 4 20 23

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• The explosion could be felt as far away as Brewster, Truro Fire Chief Timothy Collins said.
• PHOTOS: Only Debris Remains After Massive Fire at Truro Home
• 'Resilience and luck': Truro family picks up the pieces after devastating explosion
• ‘Mushroom cloud’ explosion levels Cape Cod home in Truro, reports say
• The cause of the fire and explosions is under investigation
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"It still feels very surreal but immediately following that thought of how, what, was just extreme gratitude that my parents are OK," she said. For Henning, though her family lost a lot, she's just grateful her parents are safe. "Significant explosion. . . the house behind it, surrounding houses have lost windows," Truro Fire Chief Tim Collins said. "It was just blown to pieces," said neighbor Cliff James, who lives near the Harding's Way home.

The explosion could be felt as far away as Brewster, Truro Fire Chief Timothy Collins said.

If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. Video posted to Hyannis News showed flames coming off the ground with no recognizable house structure. On Friday by NECN reporter Mary Markos showed debris and not more left of the home.

PHOTOS: Only Debris Remains After Massive Fire at Truro Home

When asked if he thought a propane explosion could have been the cause, Collins said it was a possibility, but the cause would have to be determined by the ongoing investigation. On the wall of the men’s bathroom in the garage was a striking mermaid — nine feet by seven, Anna estimated — painted by a local artist. “When he didn’t have enough money to pay for his car repairs, he would do things like that,” Miriam recalled. When the Hennings sold the shop, they had the wall removed and framed. Collins estimated that they used 50,000 gallons of water to douse it. “I was asleep, so I woke up to the blast and the shaking and the breaking, and the light of the fire, which is probably what enabled me to see the broken glass on the floor,” Miriam said.

'Resilience and luck': Truro family picks up the pieces after devastating explosion

Though no residents were harmed, the home was completely destroyed and officials stated they had "never dealt with anything of this extent." State police detectives are working with local officials to determine the cause of the explosion. No one was home at the time and there were no injuries reported.

Several homes in the area sustained exterior damage from the blast, officials said. Video from the scene showed many firefighters working to extinguish the raging flames and pieces of the home littering the neighborhood. Her parents still live on the property and were inside of their cottage house, just steps away from the main house, when it exploded.

Truro Fire Chief Tim Collins talks about explosion that destroyed house on 4/20/23

That's because there is a giant silver lining that runs through the chaos. No one was injured in the explosion, including Henning's parents, who were living in another, smaller home on the property at the time of the blast. Video and photos from the scene show the house was leveled with debris scattered everywhere. So there was a couple big explosions and then one really big mushroom cloud explosion,” said Perry, who says she grew up in the home and sold it to the couple about 35 years ago. At least two explosions and a massive fire reduced a home in Truro, Massachusetts, to rubble overnight. TRURO - Firefighters worked to keep a huge fire from spreading in Truro Friday morning after a house exploded.

Now returned to Miriam and Todd, the pages turned out to be blueprints for the no-longer-standing house, penned in thin, precise blue lines. Except for two tiny holes singed into its edge, the paper is weathered only by age. Amid all the losses, the fire left a surprising array of things barely scathed. “We were really surprised that so many paper objects survived completely intact,” like a Polaroid photograph of her preschool class, said Anna. The photo, she speculated, was likely in a box in the attic and was ejected cleanly from the house.

Truro House Explosion destroys home on Harding's Way - Cape Cod Times

Truro House Explosion destroys home on Harding's Way.

Posted: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]

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Earlier, Markos posted an image of the blaze in full force from the air. “The cause of the explosion and fire has not yet been determined and is currently under review by the Massachusetts Fire Marshal,” officials said. “It appears that we had a catastrophic explosion at this residence, as you can see by looking at it,” Fire Chief Tim Collins told the Cape Cod Times. “Substantial brush fire as a result of this and our concern was to keep that from spreading to adjacent homes so we contained it to this area of origin,” Collins said of the multi-town response.

"There was no cable, there was no streetlights, there was no paved road, there was just wilderness," said Henning. The blast was so severe items from the house were sent flying, landing miles away. The letter belongs to the Henning family, whose home is now gone. Video from the scene showed flames completely engulfing the home.

It appears the Truro explosion may have been felt by Cape Cod residents in several locations. This reporter felt his Wellfleet house shake around the reported time of the blast. On Friday morning, as fire brigades continued to monitor the site, a neighbor came across a folded stack of papers in her yard.

Ari said that because the cottage is easier to heat and moving back and forth between the two houses had become a hassle, his parents moved into the cottage full-time. Because the area is wooded, containing the fire posed a challenge. Miraculously, given its force, no one was injured when the main house blew up.

TRURO, MASS. (WHDH) - An investigation was underway Friday after a massive overnight explosion reduced a home in Truro to its foundation, officials said. This is the second explosion in a week that’s led to a house fire. An explosion in Berlin on Friday, April 14, led to the death of Judith “Judy” Christensen, age 79. Christensen’s daughter, was rescued from the fire after being pulled from some debris and treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. A massive house fire, reportedly caused by an explosion, happened overnight in Truro, pulling in fire departments from across the Cape. So there was a couple big explosions and then one really big mushroom cloud explosion,” Perry said.

Henning, 40, was loading debris into a dumpster Friday morning. The almost surreal chore of gathering house bits might distress the strongest among us, but she was upbeat, thankful and optimistic about the future. One week ago, a 79-year-old woman died when an explosion leveled a home in Berlin, Massachusetts. Residents in surrounding towns reported hearing the blast from miles away. An excavator was brought in Friday morning to dig through the debris as investigators continued to search for the cause of the explosion. The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox.