Surveillance and neighbor video below after a home exploded in Elizabeth, New Jersey today (Wednesday) killing one man and injured 15 people. One of the injured is an 11-year-old boy with critical burns.
One person initially believed missing after the 8 a.m. blast on the second floor of the house on Magnolia Avenue in Elizabeth has been found safe, officials said. Surveillance video captured from a building across the street shows the explosion blow the entire roof off the structure.
Duane Bourne, a spokesman with Elizabethtown Gas, said a preliminary investigation found no indication the blast was gas-related. But the mayor of Elizabeth said that several people had reported smelling gas near the new-construction structure before the explosion.
#BREAKING: according to @ABC Explosion in #Elizabeth, #New Jersey #killed 1 and #injured 15. pic.twitter.com/c9SkFbiThf
— Or Ravid אור רביד (@OrRavid) November 11, 2015
pic.twitter.com/HYRQftEIVT — Lulu (@lulune6c) November 11, 2015
They’ve just pulled someone else out. They have more stretchers… pic.twitter.com/4SkKE0XpNr
— Lulu (@lulune6c) November 11, 2015
pic.twitter.com/3oipTnYKGG — Lulu (@lulune6c) November 11, 2015
— Lulu (@lulune6c) November 11, 2015
UPDATE TO BREAKING HOUSE EXPLOSION: Live press release happening on News 12 New Jersey Elizabeth’s mayor says 1 person…
Posted by Carissa Lawson on Wednesday, November 11, 2015
