UPDATED: Pre-arrival video & 911 calls: House explosion kills elderly man in Glendale, Wisconsin. Second person injured.

May 30, 2012

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UPDATE 5-31-12: The elderly man seen in the video after the explosion has died. From the AP –

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office says 88-year-old Marvin Engler died Wednesday night. He and a female caretaker were injured when the house exploded and caught fire Saturday in Glendale.

The state fire marshal as well as agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms inspected the rubble. Authorities say they’ve been unable to determine a cause of the explosion. But the North Shore Fire Department says there is no indication that it was intentional or criminal.

EARLIER:

I am sure we will hear from Jimmy O again that THE Fire Critic beat me to this video, posted to YouTube today, from Saturday’s house explosion that left two people injured in Glendale, Wisconsin (I wonder if Jimmy’s real first name is Rhett … but wouldn’t that make Rhett a toll?). Anyway, truth be told, Firegeezer beat us all to this story, posting it on Sunday.

An elderly couple was injured in the fire. Read about the investigation and more details on the fire here.

I am sure many of you will note the parking job by the police officer (see image below). I believe those little red things sprouting out of the ground designate official police parking. But the good news is he realized it as the fire sirens came closer and moved forward and out of the street a bit. Still not sure why his car needed to be so close to the fire. But I admit I know very little about policing.