Two explosions were heard during a house fire in the Hazeldean neighbourhood late Friday night.
Edmonton Fire Rescue responded to a fire at 9722 70 Avenue shortly after 10:30 p.m. The residence was fully engulfed upon arrival, and the fire was contained to the one house.
EFR said two people got out of the house safely and are now displaced.
The house sustained “extensive damage.”
Acting District Chief Brian Hermanutz said he was not aware of explosions, multiple residents told CTV News they heard two loud bangs.
“There was two of them,” Les Lefebvre said. “There was a smaller one and a bigger one … after the second big boom, there was definitely a big giant flare in the flames after that.”
Alex Armstrong and Peter Locock live next door and their house sustained minor damage.
The two were woken up by their daughter around 11 p.m.
“It was huge,” Locock said. “The whole tree in the backyard, the flames were that high. It was just ridiculous.
“There were a lot of bangs. You can see there’s tanks in their yards.”
The couple feels fortunate the blaze was contained to the house next door.
“The best possible outcome with the firefighters making sure everybody was safe, making sure our property is as well-taken care of as possible,” Armstrong said. “It’s the best possible outcome we could have hoped for.”
With files from Nahreman Issa
