Garbage Truck Explosion Damages Four Jersey Homes

A garbage truck exploded after catching fire on a street in Hamilton Tuesday and blasted a hole in the front of a nearby house, though no injuries were immediately reported. A total of four houses were damaged in the 2 p.m. explosion. One the truck’s four natural gas tanks exploded in the fire and rocketed into the front of Doris Pattley’s home on Fitzrandolph Street, just off Lalor Street, officials said. Hamilton firefighters Leonard Pope and Steve Lykes had just pulled Pattley from the rear of her home when the truck exploded, officials said.