Sunday, July 10, 2016

Gas explosion demolishes home, injures people in the Gentilly Terrace neighborhood of New Orlean





NOFD responding to house explosion in Gentilly Terrace

New Orleans Fire Department personnel responded to a reported house explosion Sunday (July 10) near the 2700 block of Jasmine Street in the Gentilly Terrace neighborhood. (Ken Daley/NOLA.com|The Times-Pic)

By Ken Daley, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
 
on July 10, 2016 at 8:45 AM, updated July 10, 2016 at 10:32 AM

New Orleans Fire Department personnel responded to a reported house explosion Sunday (July 10) near the 2700 block of Jasmine Street in the Gentilly Terrace neighborhood.


Several units were on the scene after an explosion and an unknown number of injuries were reported at 8:31 a.m. At least three sides of one structure were fully involved in fire when first responders arrived, and there were reports of some power lines down in the area.

Burning debris from the explosion had landed on at least one adjacent roof.