FOG BLOG CANADA LOG: HOUSE EXPLOSION ROCKS CALGARY NEIGHBOURHOOD!

10 injured after house explosion rocks northeast Calgary neighbourhood Crews so far unable to search for more victims At least 10 people were seriously hurt Monday morning after a house exploded in northeast Calgary, destroying the home of origin and damaging several others nearby.

City officials say the explosion happened around 8:50 a.m. at a home on the 700 block of Maryvale Way N.E. in the city's Marlborough neighbourhood. "Crews actually felt it at the fire station, 12 Station in Forest Heights," said Calgary Fire Chief Steve Dongworth. "Many of the neighbourhood folks would have felt that as well." Emergency crews found 10 seriously injured adults at the scene, all of which were believed to have been inside the home that blew up. Ambulances brought them to nearby hospitals for treatment. Six of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, officials said.

According to Dongworth, one of the victims was found hanging from a window of the source home when firefighters arrived at the scene. Doug Brubaker, who lives across the street, said he saw two of the victims sitting in another neighbour's garage, waiting for an ambulance not long after the explosion. "I think they were in shock, because the one of the guy's forearms was … it was so badly burned," he said. "It was horrible."