Home Explosion

1220_IOW_Explosioin.jpg, originally uploaded by lindsayjphoto.

Firefighters and Alliant Energy workers inspect the property at 1014 North Second Avenue in Washington after the rental property exploded around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, December 19, 2007. No one was injured by the explosion according to Sargent Shawn Ellingson of the Washington Police Department. The owner checked on the property in the morning because the occupants recently moved. The explosion occurred before the final bell of Stewart Elementary School, adjacent to the property.