1 Dead, Child Lost After Flint Home Explosion

Flint: At least one person died and a three-year-old child remained lost on Tuesday after the explosion last night and the fire destroyed three houses in Michigan, damaging several others and sending debris to fall into the environment, the authorities said.
Head of the Flint Fire Raymond Barton said on Tuesday that two people were in a hurry from the scene Monday night to the regional hospital, where one of them – a 70-year-old man – said to die.
The lost child of the child was in critical condition, said Barton.
Others reported minor injury after the explosion, which destroyed three houses in the neighborhood on the west side of Flint, the WJRT-TV reported.
Barton said a Michigan Cadaver state police and firefight crew with special equipment was looking for a three-year-old child.
“This is a tragic time for our community,” said Mayor Sheldon Neeley during the news conference on Tuesday morning.
Three houses were completely filled with flames when firefighters arrived at the scene after 9:30 a.m.
Monday.
Officials said about 20 houses side by side, including the damaged windows from debris thrown throughout the block by the explosion, which felt miles away.
The cause of the explosion, which left the environment scattered with broken wood and other debris, was being investigated, said Neeley.
Aisha Lott, who lived nearby, said she felt the explosion and the explosion shook her house.
“It’s like a very hard boom, and my house trembled,” he said to WJRT-TV.
Consumer energy spokesman Brian Wheeler said the utility received a call around 9:40 a.m.
about the blast of a house and the crew sent to a place that was turned off the natural gas and electricity to the seven houses, including three which was said to be destroyed by the explosion.
Wheeler said Tuesday morning that the utility did not find evidence of gas leaks or other problems with the consumer energy gas system that took place to a burst home.
He said this utility worked with local authorities to investigate the explosion.
“Our mind this morning goes to the residents of this environment and their loved ones,” the utility said in a statement.