Sterling, a fire fighter was killed in a terrible house explosion in Virginia, on Friday evening, Loudown County Fire and Rescue said.
Firefighters at the scene sent several illusion calls for the fire in 300 blocks of the silver ridge drive – one said that a fire fighter was stuck by the debris “.
“I would say that this is the worst call we can answer, and this is a time when we need to support each other and hold each other,” Loudown County Fire and Rescue Eastst. Chief James Williams.
Williams said that nine firefighters and two citizens have injuries from severe to serious.
A fire fighter said on a dispatch call, “The house is too much flat.”
“Total destruction,” said Williams. “The area of a debris in the road and the neighborhood is well.”
Many firefighters were trapped.
Loudown County Fire responded to a call about the smell of a natural gas at around 7:40 pm, when the firefighters exploded immediately after the fire brunt.
Washington went to the scene to assist in gas check.
“We are confirming the integrity of our system in the surrounding area,” utility said in a statement. “Our hearts go out for those who were injured and for their own losses in the loudown county fire fighting department.”
“This is a very large physical and emotional toll on all associated with the fire department,” said Williams.
“It was very smokey; debris was falling from the sky,” said the neighbor Kyle Krrishc.
He said that it felt as if he hit something in his house.
Many neighbors said that their houses were also damaged by the explosion.
The Loudown County Sheriff Office said that Northbound Silver Ridge Drive is locked in Seneca Ridge Drive.