A house in Evansville, Ind., exploded, sending debris 100 feet in each direction. At least three people were killed, and one was injured, officials said. Thirty-nine houses were damaged in the blast.
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“We thought a tree fell on the building or a car ran into the place,” Jacki Baumgart, who works at an office about two blocks from the explosion site,“Everybody here immediately ran out of the building,” she added. “We thought the building was going to come down.” Vincent Taylor, who was working on a roof two blocks away, described the scene as “total devastation.”The fire department11 of the 39 damaged homes are uninhabitable. The fire chief told reporters Wednesday afternoon that the houses closest to the explosion were in “bad shape” and that some residents might not be able to return to their homes for the rest of the week. He said debris covered a 100-foot radius around the blast site.
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