An explosion at an Ohio home on Tuesday killed two people, injured one and sent debris flying across the surrounding area, officials said.
It is not yet known what caused the explosion in Bethel, which occurred shortly before 9 a.m. and set the house on fire.
“I just heard a big bang and I looked out the window and he was gone,” said a man who called 911.
Several residents said the blast shook their homes and caused minor damage.
“Felt a shock, fell out of bed,” neighbor Derrick Gullett told CBS affiliate WKRC. “Drew my clothes and went outside to see what happened. And as soon as I went outside it was snowing. Pieces of the house in my driveway, in my yard.”
Neighbors captured the horrific incident on cell phone video and also searched for the victims.
“I was trying to listen, like, maybe if they were under the debris,” neighbor Stephanie Young told WKRC. “Because the whole house was like a pile of wood, insulation.”
Bethel Tate Fire Chief Christopher Cooper said a man and a woman died in the explosion. Another person suffered burns and was being treated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, he said.
“He comes running from the residence,” Gullett said of the survivor. “His hair was still on fire. We gave him water, tried to cool him down.”
The names of the three people have not been released, and it was not immediately clear whether any of them lived at the home.
“We're sifting through the debris, trying to figure out where the fire started,” Cooper told reporters.
The Ohio State Fire Marshal will lead the investigation into the explosion. Bethel is a village in Tate Township in southwestern Ohio.