A few hours later the house was reduced to rubble in an explosion. Somehow the flood triggered the gas line underneath and it got burned to ashes," Mehta said. She ran in the other direction. Have a news tip? FLOODED HOUSE FIRE Hurricane Ida Manville New Jersey 9/2/21 Several homes and a banquet hall exploded. Caesar and Meagan Dommar were among those who fled, but they won't get to go back to their home as they knew it. 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Manville emergency officials initially reported the incident as a gas explosion. It happened at 112 /*Huff Avenue*/ in /*Manville*/. SC - Manville - 4th Avenue & Knopf Street - Hurricane Ida Around 3:00 PM Manville got a report of a possible house explosion that was underwater. Manville Borough, NJ - Official Website | Official Website Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. At least 38 Ida-related deaths have been confirmed in New York (15) and New Jersey (23 so far, and officials fear more may be added to the toll. They had been called to work on that boiler before it blew up. Register Online through . A home in Rahway, New Jersey exploded amid major flooding during Ida's passage through the state. An explosion in Rahway and several fires in Manville further devastated an already-battered New Jersey on Thursday and Friday after Ida brought deadly flooding and tornadoes to the state. Now that the water has receded, people were able to get a look at the damage. So we decided, because we had a baby, let's go. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Due to severe flooding from Tropical Storm Ida the fire department has not. RELATED: At least 25 people killed in New Jersey flooding from Ida. Flooding made it impossible for firefighters to battle those flames as well. Among reasons why the Garden State remains a fitting nickname for New Jersey late summer means the arrival of sunflower season. Three or four homes in the area were damaged, and one man passing by in a car suffered minor injuries. They confirmed it was in the area of Saffron Hall. A house on Mercer Street was destroyed by a gas explosion at about 11:40 p.m. Wednesday. ABC7 New York 24/7 Eyewitness News Stream. Images and video posted to social media show black smoke billowing from a Manville home surrounded by murky floodwaters, and nighttime video footage captured the moment a Rahway house was reduced to rubble in a massive explosion. Eighteen-year-old twins Richard and Roxie have been clearing out the home that once belonged to their great-grandparents. Firefighters found those scenes to also be inaccessible. NJ Ida live updates: Flooding leaves multiple dead in Central Jersey They said their 4-month-old baby Lila is the reason they're alive. House explosion caught on camera in Stafford Twp. caused by cracked gas Get Patch breaking news alerts sent right to your phone with our new app. If your house is flooding and you smell gas, turn off your power and gas if you can, evacuate immediately, and call 911. Firefighters were unable to access the fire, which is surrounded by a flooded parking lot and also appeared gas-fed. Copyright 2023 WABC-TV. How much rain fell in NY, NJ amid historic Ida flooding?