No one should have been near the 1-kilo propane container, but two residents at the address were seen by an ambulance. – Fortunately, the residents were outside when it slammed, they are uninjured, says fire chief of the Vestfold Intermunicipal Fire Service, Steinar Holm. He says they have control. There is material damage to two windows, an attic hatch and a stove. – There has been an explosion in a cooking appliance with a smaller gas container. The pressure wave has been so powerful that two large living room windows have been blown out, says Holm. Paradoxically, the plants on the windowsill remained unharmed. It is clear that the pressure wave has been powerful as a result of the explosion. Photo: Fredrik Hansen / news Operations leader in the South-East police district, Jon Terje Staheli, says that it was luck that the two who lived in the detached house were outside when the container exploded. – There is no indication that they noticed anything and went out, so this is all about luck. He says the detached house is affected by the explosion. – We see that there has been a pressure wave. The gas container was in the kitchen. Inside the living room, which is separated from the kitchen, large windows measuring 3 by 1.5 meters have been blown out, he says. Spark from an electrical product The portable cooker was not in use when the leak occurred. The device has a gas container of 227 grams – the size of a spray can, and is only intended for use outdoors, according to the fire service. Steinar Holm is fire chief at VIB. Photo: Private – We do not know what ignited the gas. With the “right” mixture of gas or air, a spark from an electrical product, such as a refrigerator or panel oven when the thermostat kicks in, can be enough to cause it to explode, says the fire marshal. The police received a report about the incident at 5:44 p.m.
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Gas explosion in a detached house in Færder – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
