Explosion at Whitehouse Home
Posted/updated on: January 17, 2012 at 7:57 am
WHITEHOUSE — Smith County fire investigators believe they know what sparked a house explosion Saturday morning. According to KETK, a call went out that a home along the 800 block of Corey Drive in Whitehouse was on fire. Investigators say there were several oxygen tanks inside, which most likely were a factor in that explosion. They add that someone was asleep in the home and tried to turn on a lamp, accidentally knocking it over and breaking a light bulb — possibly igniting the explosion. Firefighters believe there were about four people inside at the time of the blast. No one was seriously hurt. Their animals, though, did not make it out alive.
