An early morning
explosion Friday shook the area, sparking a fire that rushed through the
neighborhood. In the end, three homes were flattened and about 70
others were damaged, the Red Cross told CNN affiliate KIII.
Two people injured were
in critical condition Saturday night. They were first taken to a local
hospital and then flown to the burn unit at San Antonio's Brooke Army
Medical Center, according to the Corpus Christi Fire Department.
KIII news anchors, in the
studio nearly two miles away from the blast site, were in the middle of
their live morning newscast Friday when they -- and their viewers --
heard a loud boom. The room appeared to shake slightly.
Eryk Phillips lives in the home behind the blast site.
"I woke up and my ears
were ringing," Phillips told KIII. When his hearing started to come
back, he said, "I could hear sirens, car alarms going off and all
that... and I'm thinking, 'Wow, am I going to die?'"
Phillips' home is littered with glass and insulation. Part of the ceiling is peeled away.
He is among 34 people evacuated.
The fire department
believes the cause was probably a natural gas leak inside a home. But
state and local investigators are on the scene digging through rubble to
determine.
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