Unknown explosion with fire just occurred a few minutes ago - California (News vanity)

video on YouTube ^ | Self

[Neil E. Wright]

I had just gotten out of the shower, and was getting dressed for work, when I heard a loud explosion. I looked out the window and saw a large plume of smoke.

I went out with my digital camera and recorded the video I posted on my YouTube channel. I don't know what exploded yet, and I don't have time to check because it is almost time for me to start the job. I'll probably find out later what happened.

The video is HERE or at the link above.

[Neil E. Wright]

I'll find out what happened, probably in the morning. Whatever it was it happened on the California side of the Colorado River, north of Blythe.

[JFoobar]

Don’t bother with a location. We’ll just guess by looking at the rock formations and weather patterns.

[wally_bert]

Subscribed to remember to follow up. Thanks.

[InterceptPoint]

Airplane crash? Are you near an airport?

[centurion316]

SALUTE

Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, Equipment

Something every cavalry scout should know

[lulu16]

Bad landing of an alien spacecraft? Any story where it begins with, I just got out of the shower... Hide the frisky teenagers, they are always the first to go.

Thanks for being an on the spot reporter. Please ping me when you find out what it was. Keep safe.

[GeronL]

Can you get a picture of the stars so we can decipher the location?

lol

[LukeL]

That is what I thought, given the remoteness of the location it doesn’t seem to be industrial and the only other explanation to me would be a plane crash.(Or someone playing with explosives.)

[Doogle]

...looks pretty big whatever it is......

[fatima]

Thanks Neil.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Ugh. Someone decided to shoot off a 12 guage in our neighborhood the other night. Scared the kids and I half to death.

[Fzob]

Based on the video I am going to guess this happened somewhere in the Southwest of America. Perhaps you could narrow it down to something less than a few million square acres.

[Neil E. Wright]

The nearest airport is the Blythe CA General Aviation airport.

For all: I did put the location in the first post. Wasn't room in the headline.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

ping

[SZonian]

Well...so typical of FReepers.

Who wants to READ the posts?

[pbear8]

He is in the California desert near Blythe, which near the border with Arizona.

[Norm Lenhart]

I live a bit north of there near Needles. That area has gas lines into SoCal. Big ones. Also the water pipeline/pumps from the Colorado River.

Just a thought.

[Doogle]

"...it's one of them there IUD's...?????...SUV....IED..."

[metalurgist]

it happened on the California side

Don't sweat it. Probably just a drug cartell blowing up a rival cartell's meth lab. Osama Obama and Moonbeam have got it covered.

[csmusaret]

I SALUTE your ability to remember.