Gas Explosion Levels Home, Sets Others Ablaze In Nassau County Neighborhood

One home was leveled and two more were severely damaged in a fire after a gas explosion Sunday morning in Nassau County, fire officials said.

In all, three homes burned in Meadowmere Park. Three people were injured, including two firefighters, who were hurt when walls and a chimney collapsed, CBS2’s Dave Carlin reported. First came a boom and then a gas-fueled fireball.

It was a windy morning and gusts spread flames from one home to a pair of others. The situation presented challenge after challenge for firefighters, including one seen venting one of the roofs on West Avenue.

A loud blast jolted neighbors out of bed just before 6 a.m. “I think it was a gas explosion because the house blew up. There’s nothing left to it,” resident Mary Domanick said.