MARSHALL, Mich. — An explosion possibly leaked to natural gas destroyed a house in southern Michigan, injuring eight people.
All were taken to hospitals, though three were released. The explosion and fire occurred overnight in Marshall, 15 miles east of Battle Creek.
Neighbor Patti Bischoff says the explosion and fire made the house look like a “dollhouse.” Bischoff says it was like an inferno, a “tinder box.”
Marshall Fire Chief Martin Erskine says the preliminary cause appears to be a natural gas leak. He says it was “miraculous” that all eight people were able to get out of the house.
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