A gas explosion rocked a Long Island neighborhood early Sunday morning, leaving extensive damage to multiple homes and sending several people to nearby hospitals.
Neighbors in Meadowmere Park first heard the explosion around 6 a.m. Meadowmere Park Fire Chief Kevin Carrero lives in the neighborhood and woke up to the noise.
"It was like a big explosion, like a bomb went off. I thought it was a transformer that blew up but it was just too loud," Carrero said.
The 63-year-old man living inside the home that exploded was airlifted to a hospital, the Nassau County Police Department said in a release. According to police, the man suffered severe burns.
Two firefighters from Valley Stream Fire Department also sustained injuries, according to a Nassau County fire marshal. The firefighters were injured after a chimney fell on top of the firefighters, leaving them with bruises and lacerations, police said.
The home identified by officials as the site of the explosion was completely leveled and the homes on either side were severely damaged.
Lorraine lives next door and was shaken out of bed like everyone else in her neighborhood. The side of her house was already melting by the time she got downstairs.
"I was hosing the front, the back. I'm trying to save [the house], but I have a little hose," she said.
Demolition crews were still on site 12 hours after the initial blast, working in the rain to take down what was left of the structure.
At least 100 firefighters from departments in surrounding towns - East Rockaway, Oceanside, Hewlett, and others - responded to assist. FDNY officials said they were called to respond as well.
The Rockaway Turnpike was closed in both directions Sunday morning between Brookville Boulevard and Peninsula Boulevard due to the fire.
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