- A moving truck exploded in Illinois over the weekend, damaging homes and vehicles.
- The ATF and a bomb squad investigated, and blamed it on a leaking propane tank.
- Despite the extensive damage, the driver only suffered minor injuries from the explosion.
A massive truck explosion was caught on a home security camera in Addison, Illinois over the weekend. In the footage, you can see a box truck traveling down a residential street on Saturday when it suddenly explodes, sending debris everywhere.
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The Addison Police Department said the incident occurred around 8:40 am and the damage was apparently so severe that they misidentified the vehicle as a flatbed truck. The department later posted an update saying the explosion was investigated by the ATF and DuPage County Bomb Squad, which determined the blast was an accident that was caused by a leaking propane tank.
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Authorities added the explosion damaged a few homes and the driver only received minor injuries. The latter is pretty amazing, especially when you consider the force of the blast.
CBS New Chicago reports the vehicle was a Penske rental truck and debris – including clothes and furniture – was scattered for roughly one to two blocks. The station also said four homes were damaged, including one that was left “temporarily uninhabitable” as a section of the truck hit a load-bearing wall on the home and pushed it 2 to 4 feet (610 to 1,219 mm) inward.
A Penske spokesperson also told the station that, under the rental agreement, customers aren’t supposed to transport “explosive, flammable or otherwise hazardous materials.” However, footage taken by WGN clearly shows an AmeriGas propane cylinder in the back of the damaged truck.
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