“To me it appeared like we got strike with a bomb – it was outrageous,” he said, recalling what he observed when he walked outside his residence. “Everything’s falling, particles is slipping, wood is falling. The roof was in our yard. It was like the globe was coming aside.”

The firefighters and law enforcement officers who first arrived at the dwelling at 91 Bedford found the composition wrecked and a fire burning in the home’s basis.






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West Seneca Reserve Fireman Michael Salamone describes the scene of his neighbor’s dwelling that exploded early this early morning on Bedford Avenue in Lackawanna Tuesday, July 20, 2021.




The simply call came in at 7:22 a.m., explained Lackawanna Fire Department Capt. Gary Strzelczyk.

There did not appear to be any fire continue to burning all around 8:30 a.m., but there was a “large debris industry,” Strzelczyk reported.

Bedford operates off Abbott Street throughout from Lackawanna Large Faculty.

The explosion ruined 7 residences.

Karen Buntich, who life down the avenue from exactly where Sanok’s residence exploded, mentioned the blast woke her up.

“I was sleeping in mattress and just heard, like, the entire earth go. It really was that strange,” Buntich stated.






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A house on Bedford Avenue in Lackawanna exploded just right after 7 a.m. this morning. 




“How could this materialize?” she stated. “It is correct on your avenue and it can come about to any individual. What if it was proper up coming doorway?”