A New Jersey home exploded early Thursday — hours after it was evacuated due to severe flooding. The blast destroyed the Rahway home on River Road near Whittier Street around 5:44 a.m., ABC 7 NY reported.
Residents of the New Jersey home had evacuated hours earlier, around 1 a.m. Due to the heavy flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. According to the report.The explosion damaged several homes and a man driving past by was injured.ABC-7
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One man who was driving past the home at the time suffer minor injuries and was take to a local hospital, the outlet reports.
No other injuries were reported.
The explosion damaged several other homes nearby, according to the report.
Rahway Police, Rahway Fire Department and Elizabethtown Gas responded to the scene.
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