Close call video. FM says backdraft caused explosion that injured 1 Texas firefighter.

This is from Paris, Texas just before dawn on Sunday. Watch what happens at 1:55 into the video. Here’s the description that goes with it:

Raw footage: A backdraft explosion levels a two story building . Firefighters were toned out at 5 AM for a fully involved structure fire just off the square in Paris, Texas. The fire extended to the southern exposure on Bohnam street, a two story brick building with businesses downstairs and loft apartments upstairs. Watch the windows break and the glass fall inside the building. The telephone pole took a beating, too. One firefighter was injured from flying debris.

Here is what Fire Marshal Vance Woodard told The Paris News:

“It likely was caused by a backdraft when gases from the fire are trapped, then explode,” Woodard said. “The blast sent bricks and other debris into the street, breaking windows in buildings across Bonham in the old Rodgers and Wade Building and Texas Spud Shop.”

(Note: Just noticed our friends at Firefighter Spot are also discussing this one)