[_Jim]

Natural gas explosion at a strip mall - surprised no one has done any research of these ‘things’ being caught on tape as htey happen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldNRcuIT0J0

[no-to-illegals]

Viable thoughts.

[TXnMA]

Must have been a known gas leak. The FD was already on scene. One frame shows the flash initiation at a single point. And the reaction time of the firemen on the sidewalk is amazing! It’s almost like they saw something happening before the flash...