Residents' E-Mails About Danvers Explosion
POSTED: 7:09 am EST November 22,
2006
UPDATED: 3:34 pm EST November 22,
2006
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BOSTON -- WCVB viewers flooded the station with e-mails about the Danvers explosion Wednesday morning. The following are some of the accounts of their experience.MESSAGE: Strangest feeling; I was asleep in a small motorhome at my sister's house in Peabody and was startled awake at 2:48am because the camper shook. I had no idea what could have made the vehicle suddlenly shake. Being awakened by a sudden shaking was such an odd thing, with no apparent explanation.
- FrancescaMESSAGE: I live 4.18 miles from the source of the explosion in a mid-rise apartment building in downtown Beverly. My 13-inch TV did a somersault in the air and landed on the floor. My 9-year-old daughter and I are displaced hurricane victims from Louisiana, so witnessing another disaster was terrifying to us!
-Natalie in BeverlyMESSAGE: We live about a mile or so away. WE were awakened by a huge explosion. My husband was sure it was a bomb, I was sure a plane went down in the square. We saw the cloud out of our skylights...We were going to walk up to the square to see what it was, but realized it was further away. We got in our truck and followed the cloud. We ended up at the Sylvania Parking Lot on Endicott street with about 60 other cars, just watching the flames above the trees.We thought it was Eastern Propane, looking back...Thank GOD it wasn't because it would have been much worse.
- DeeMESSAGE: I was awoken around 3:00 in the morning with a noise like firecrackers flaring in the air....i went outside to my apartment...it almost felt like the flaring noise was brushing against the house. It was weird...now, i know, heard all about that fire...i am just glad everyone made it out alive and their were no casualties. Stanley Foreman, is a great photographer as well. I only watch channel five news you people are great.
-Sheryl in Salem, MAMESSAGE: My name is Monique and I live in Peabody a few miles or so away. I was awoke at approximately 2:40am with an extremely loud boom, my attic door slammed so hard it was like another boom, my bed hit the wall and the whole house shook. I was afraid I didn't know what it was. I woke my husband up and had him look around the house and out the windows and he didn't see anything. Then we heard 2 more booms. I said that's not right. So I looked out my front window and I saw a huge cloud of smoke going through the sky. The direction I was looking in was towards our electrical plant and there were flames and glows coming from Buxton cliffs. I said thought the light plant blew up? I wasn't sure if someone dropped a bomb? I tried to call Peabody police a few times and could not get through. It wasn't till about 3:30 when I found a news station that subtitled what happened. Thank God everyone is pretty much OK.
-Monique in PeabodyMESSAGE: Seeing the news of the blast in Danvers, I immediately called my parents in Salem to see if they were ok. My father flashed back to his days in World War II. He grabbed my mother in his arms and waited for another blast, not knowing what it was. Their whole house shook. They were frightened but unharmed.
- Rhonda (in the Berkshires) MAMESSAGE: I live in wakefield ma. that's about ten miles away. I was walking to my car, hear and felt the explosion. the most scariest thing about it was the sky lit up. I thought it happened somewhere in town. to be quite honest it really scared me because I thought we were litteraly under attack just by how the sky lit up.
- Andrew, Wakefield maMESSAGE: I was up during the night when I felt my house shake for a few seconds around 2:48am I thought we were having a earthquake.
- Cindy in BillericaMESSAGE: The exposion woke us up. A picture that was on the wall behind my bed fell and broke on my head from it. We thought there was an earthquake. I live on Endicott St.
-JudiMESSAGE: I live near Collins cove in Salem. The explosion woke me. It sounded like extreem thunder. I opened my eyes and looked towards my bedroom window (which is facing the area of the explosion) and I thought a light came on in my yard and then went out. I thought, I watched the news and they didn't mention a thunder and lightening storm? That's just what it was like, only I didn't hear any rain. It was approximately 2:50 AM. It was definately disturbing to me. I can't imagine how scared the neighbors to that blast were. It sounded horifying here in Salem. Thanks to Newscenter 5 I had instant answers when I awoke this morning. I depend on you every morning to fill me in on the news of the day and today I applaud you. Letting me know there were no fatalities was the best news to hear. I have a friend who lives just yards away across Water St. God bless you Ed and Heather. I hope you know how important your job is to someone like me. Thank you for being there.
- LoriMESSAGE: My windows rattled at 2:30 am in Stratham NH
- NatalieMESSAGE: I just spoke with my aunt who lives on Elliot St in Danvers across the river from the explosion less than 1 mile away. She thought her front door was blown off and her furnace had exploded when the explosion occurred. She afraid to check her house for damage but I told her the check the house from the outside once daylight breaks.
- JonMESSAGE: I was awaken around just before 3 a.m. this morning by a noise sounding like something hit the roof of our house. I live high on a hill on Sandown Road in Danville, NH. I believe it was actually noise from the explosion in Danvers.
- BethMESSAGE: I live across the river. My house shook violently 5-6 secs. Some things did fall off shelves. Scared to death. Screaming for my Mom to get up while dialing 911. Could see huge 'mushroom' cloud of flames.Was originally told by 911 that it was a house explosion on Tibbetts Ave.
- M.J.MESSAGE: We were woken up at just before 3 Am to a hugh rumble. We live in Beverly on the Danvers line. We did not know what happen I thought a plane had crashed. My Mother in law could hear multiple explosions from 128 at Rte 62. She called checking on us. I turned on the scanner. We heard a Danvers Police officer frantic on the radio checking from house to house. A huge fire ball was reported. We listened for street names being called out by police but noone knew waht had happened this was about 3:05 AM. We heard directions - Just follow the fire ball as Fire responded. At one point all county fire depts were depleted responding to the fire. We never felt anything like this.
- StevenMESSAGE: WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I WAS AWAKED AT 2:50 AM WHEN MY BEDROOM WINDOW ON THE SECOND FLOOR MADE A TERRIBLE LOUD VIBRATING NOISE/I THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS BREAKING-IN! WHEN I TURNED ON THE NEWS AT 5, I REALIZE WHAT HAD HAPPENED/I AM FROM PELHAM, N.H. OVER THE DRACUT LINE MA.
- JoyceMESSAGE: i was playing poker online, this morning in Salem. The whole house shook,i got up, and went to the window , thinking that a car had crashed into the house.
- CathalMESSAGE: I live in Winchester and heard the explosion at 2:50AM. It got me out of bed because I thought some one was tring to break into my house.
- JonMESSAGE: i live in peabody maybe 2 miles away and at 2:45a.m. it felt like a plane or a bomb landed in our front yard. our whole house shook like something had hit it, our neighbors glass door broke from the exploision.
- JulioMESSAGE: The intensity of the explosion shook our entire house from 2 miles away. the first thought in my mind it was a terrorist attack. then there was a small 2nd explosion. we called police and 911 and both were busy. finally got through 911 and disbatcher was in a state of panic. immediately following we heard sirens.
- DianaMESSAGE: After I got up at 2:30am to take aspirin for a headache, I heard a noise and felt my house "rumble" a bit and was concerned. Now I know what I felt was the Danvers explosion
- SandiMESSAGE: We live in Topsfield, 1/4 mile south of the fair grounds. The explosion woke us out a dead sleep. From our second floor windows, we could see the mushrooming cloud develop and the subsequent pink glow of the fire. BTW...WE love your show. Wouldn't start our day without you Heather and Ed!
- PeggyMESSAGE: Hello, I just wanted to let you know that at 2:50 am this morning I was awoken to the low rumbling sound for 5-10 seconds in Hampton, New Hampshire. My Shih Tzu also jumped from his chair barking.
- DianeMESSAGE: Thank you for being the first and only news channel to report the first news of the explosion on the scrolling bar on the TV. I live in central peabody and I thought a car had hit my hosue because my entire house shook including myself and my bed.
- CharleneMESSAGE: i live about 2 miles away, at just before 3am, i was jolted awake, the entire house shook, i thought a truck hit my home. i turned on the police scanner, beverly sent everthing they had on the streets, cops, ambulances and fire. the place they went is a propane seller,i have been getting bbq tanks filled there for years, there is a gas station about three houses up street, and a bout yard behind the propane yard, the school for deaf is across river from there about 10th of mile. there was a home on the site of the propane place
- ShawnMESSAGE: FYI - explosion was felt in York Maine by someone living on a ledge by the water
- KarenMESSAGE: I live across the river from this fire and the explosion shook us out of bed. It knocked pictures off the wall, I found the phone on the floor and it blew out the glass door on my fireplace. I walke down to the river and we had a traffic jam @ 3 am All our alarms in the house went off and we had to put the dog in the car because he was afraid to stay in the house.
- BarbMESSAGE: I live in Exeter NH. I must of heard it becuase I was awakened by something at that time and so was my dog. Years ago my husband use to install poured floors and he would buy his Chemicals from there. At that time it was called Harold Chemical. We are friends with the Lyon's who had the grill bus. in front of that. They sold their house a few years ago. My husband also works for Eastern Propane in NH and we know how very close Eastern is to that site. They are so very lucky.
- PennyMESSAGE: My mom heard it and felt it on Plum Island.
- NancyMESSAGE: My elderly parents live a 1/2 mile east from the explosion on the Danvers River in Beverly. My Dad, a WWII veteran reported that my mother's bureau was knocked right over and her TV smashed onto the floor. The bureau was on the west side of the house. My Dad said that he hadn't heard or felt anything that intense, "even in the war." We are a good mile away and all of our neighbors were gathered outside of their homes, very shaken up as we observed the tremendous flames off in the distance. The blast was intense lasting for approximately 5 seconds and rattled our homes, windows and nerves.
- ClareMESSAGE: I live on westview circle and have line of sight from the second floor of my home where the windows were blown out due to the explosion. At 2:56 am my son and i drove to theschool for the deaf to see what happened. i thought it was the high pressure gas main they put in a few years ago or a tank at Eastern Propane. there was debris showering the area and the flames were 200-300 ft in the air. i then went home to check on my animals and try to close up the windows that were blown in. I will be at home depot later today buying some plywood and plastic. If you have any info as to whom will be responsible for damages please let me know. I will go thru my insurance co. for now but any info would be great.
- GregMESSAGE: Can you ask the news team covering the Danvers blast to report on the condition of the boats in the marina? My boat is literally feet away from the explosion as well as my neighbor' yachts. Thank God the blast went the other way, as these yachts are stored for the winter with hundreds of gallons of gas. Loss would have been extraordinary if they went up. I live 2.5 miles away in Salem, MA and we were awoken at 2:45am by the blast, as it shook the house literally on its foundation and items dropped off of shelves. We're pretty frantic about our boats. My heart goes out to the people who lost their homes and businesses. The local community will come together to help them. We are tight-knit on the NorthShore. Thanks
- KarenMESSAGE: I live in Atkinson NH and at 2:45 we felt our house shake. We thought it was a car accident. I can't believe that we felt it this far away.
- EvelynMESSAGE: It is amazing that people say that no one knew that the chemical plant wasn't there. I grew up in the house that my parents built in 1957 directly behind that same plant, which is the second house in on Bates St the small cape that is being shown in your aerial shots. My mothe sold the home in 1997.
- HaydenMESSAGE: I was awoken at 2:48 by what sounded like thunder and shook my house in West Peabody... I looked out my window and saw a mushroom cloud and orange glow in the distance... I seriously thought it may have been a bomb or plane crash...
- DianeMESSAGE: I live in Ipswich, and at 2:45am I was awakened by the explosion in Danvers. The house shook, but no damage, yet I went scrambling around to check for anything wrong. Then spent the next half hour listening for emergency vehicles, but heard nothing. I knew it had to be bad, actaully made me feel sick with worry, it was that powerful.
- LizMESSAGE: I live on the Danvers/Beverly line about 1.5 miles away. I was out on my balcony having a cigarette at the time of the explosion. I was thrown of my seat, felt the waves against my chest and the glass in my sliding door (which was wharped by the explosion) is partialy out. My prayers are with the victims, especialy at Thanksgiving.
- AndreaMESSAGE: My husband and I were awakened this morning around 3:00 with the explosion in our town of Rollinsford, NH, our house shook and thought it was a small earthquake.
- CharleneMESSAGE: I live in Hampton, NH. My first thought was that my furnace exploded!
- SandraMESSAGE: Felt the tremor in Kittery Point, ME-thought it was a mild earthquake.
- LynnMESSAGE: I live in Dover New Hampshire and just before 3 am, I woke up to my front door rattling as if someone had blasted nearby. I said to my husband, "what the heck was that?" to which he said: "huh, what, I didn't hear anything!" He later told me about the explosion so that's what it must have been -- it shook the front door.
- BethMESSAGE: We certainly felt the explosion here in North Andover. We were all awakened when the second floor bedroom doors (which were ajar at three a.m.) actually hit their door jambs! We couldn't figure out what caused this loud thump in the night.
- BonnieMESSAGE: This shook our home in Wenham, and reminded me of an explosion/fire, ch 5 covered in th 90's of a 10000sf barn next to my home in Topsfield. The sound reminded me of the propane tank which I saw shoot 50' in the air. It was earthshaking!
- Norma
- FrancescaMESSAGE: I live 4.18 miles from the source of the explosion in a mid-rise apartment building in downtown Beverly. My 13-inch TV did a somersault in the air and landed on the floor. My 9-year-old daughter and I are displaced hurricane victims from Louisiana, so witnessing another disaster was terrifying to us!
-Natalie in BeverlyMESSAGE: We live about a mile or so away. WE were awakened by a huge explosion. My husband was sure it was a bomb, I was sure a plane went down in the square. We saw the cloud out of our skylights...We were going to walk up to the square to see what it was, but realized it was further away. We got in our truck and followed the cloud. We ended up at the Sylvania Parking Lot on Endicott street with about 60 other cars, just watching the flames above the trees.We thought it was Eastern Propane, looking back...Thank GOD it wasn't because it would have been much worse.
- DeeMESSAGE: I was awoken around 3:00 in the morning with a noise like firecrackers flaring in the air....i went outside to my apartment...it almost felt like the flaring noise was brushing against the house. It was weird...now, i know, heard all about that fire...i am just glad everyone made it out alive and their were no casualties. Stanley Foreman, is a great photographer as well. I only watch channel five news you people are great.
-Sheryl in Salem, MAMESSAGE: My name is Monique and I live in Peabody a few miles or so away. I was awoke at approximately 2:40am with an extremely loud boom, my attic door slammed so hard it was like another boom, my bed hit the wall and the whole house shook. I was afraid I didn't know what it was. I woke my husband up and had him look around the house and out the windows and he didn't see anything. Then we heard 2 more booms. I said that's not right. So I looked out my front window and I saw a huge cloud of smoke going through the sky. The direction I was looking in was towards our electrical plant and there were flames and glows coming from Buxton cliffs. I said thought the light plant blew up? I wasn't sure if someone dropped a bomb? I tried to call Peabody police a few times and could not get through. It wasn't till about 3:30 when I found a news station that subtitled what happened. Thank God everyone is pretty much OK.
-Monique in PeabodyMESSAGE: Seeing the news of the blast in Danvers, I immediately called my parents in Salem to see if they were ok. My father flashed back to his days in World War II. He grabbed my mother in his arms and waited for another blast, not knowing what it was. Their whole house shook. They were frightened but unharmed.
- Rhonda (in the Berkshires) MAMESSAGE: I live in wakefield ma. that's about ten miles away. I was walking to my car, hear and felt the explosion. the most scariest thing about it was the sky lit up. I thought it happened somewhere in town. to be quite honest it really scared me because I thought we were litteraly under attack just by how the sky lit up.
- Andrew, Wakefield maMESSAGE: I was up during the night when I felt my house shake for a few seconds around 2:48am I thought we were having a earthquake.
- Cindy in BillericaMESSAGE: The exposion woke us up. A picture that was on the wall behind my bed fell and broke on my head from it. We thought there was an earthquake. I live on Endicott St.
-JudiMESSAGE: I live near Collins cove in Salem. The explosion woke me. It sounded like extreem thunder. I opened my eyes and looked towards my bedroom window (which is facing the area of the explosion) and I thought a light came on in my yard and then went out. I thought, I watched the news and they didn't mention a thunder and lightening storm? That's just what it was like, only I didn't hear any rain. It was approximately 2:50 AM. It was definately disturbing to me. I can't imagine how scared the neighbors to that blast were. It sounded horifying here in Salem. Thanks to Newscenter 5 I had instant answers when I awoke this morning. I depend on you every morning to fill me in on the news of the day and today I applaud you. Letting me know there were no fatalities was the best news to hear. I have a friend who lives just yards away across Water St. God bless you Ed and Heather. I hope you know how important your job is to someone like me. Thank you for being there.
- LoriMESSAGE: My windows rattled at 2:30 am in Stratham NH
- NatalieMESSAGE: I just spoke with my aunt who lives on Elliot St in Danvers across the river from the explosion less than 1 mile away. She thought her front door was blown off and her furnace had exploded when the explosion occurred. She afraid to check her house for damage but I told her the check the house from the outside once daylight breaks.
- JonMESSAGE: I was awaken around just before 3 a.m. this morning by a noise sounding like something hit the roof of our house. I live high on a hill on Sandown Road in Danville, NH. I believe it was actually noise from the explosion in Danvers.
- BethMESSAGE: I live across the river. My house shook violently 5-6 secs. Some things did fall off shelves. Scared to death. Screaming for my Mom to get up while dialing 911. Could see huge 'mushroom' cloud of flames.Was originally told by 911 that it was a house explosion on Tibbetts Ave.
- M.J.MESSAGE: We were woken up at just before 3 Am to a hugh rumble. We live in Beverly on the Danvers line. We did not know what happen I thought a plane had crashed. My Mother in law could hear multiple explosions from 128 at Rte 62. She called checking on us. I turned on the scanner. We heard a Danvers Police officer frantic on the radio checking from house to house. A huge fire ball was reported. We listened for street names being called out by police but noone knew waht had happened this was about 3:05 AM. We heard directions - Just follow the fire ball as Fire responded. At one point all county fire depts were depleted responding to the fire. We never felt anything like this.
- StevenMESSAGE: WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I WAS AWAKED AT 2:50 AM WHEN MY BEDROOM WINDOW ON THE SECOND FLOOR MADE A TERRIBLE LOUD VIBRATING NOISE/I THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS BREAKING-IN! WHEN I TURNED ON THE NEWS AT 5, I REALIZE WHAT HAD HAPPENED/I AM FROM PELHAM, N.H. OVER THE DRACUT LINE MA.
- JoyceMESSAGE: i was playing poker online, this morning in Salem. The whole house shook,i got up, and went to the window , thinking that a car had crashed into the house.
- CathalMESSAGE: I live in Winchester and heard the explosion at 2:50AM. It got me out of bed because I thought some one was tring to break into my house.
- JonMESSAGE: i live in peabody maybe 2 miles away and at 2:45a.m. it felt like a plane or a bomb landed in our front yard. our whole house shook like something had hit it, our neighbors glass door broke from the exploision.
- JulioMESSAGE: The intensity of the explosion shook our entire house from 2 miles away. the first thought in my mind it was a terrorist attack. then there was a small 2nd explosion. we called police and 911 and both were busy. finally got through 911 and disbatcher was in a state of panic. immediately following we heard sirens.
- DianaMESSAGE: After I got up at 2:30am to take aspirin for a headache, I heard a noise and felt my house "rumble" a bit and was concerned. Now I know what I felt was the Danvers explosion
- SandiMESSAGE: We live in Topsfield, 1/4 mile south of the fair grounds. The explosion woke us out a dead sleep. From our second floor windows, we could see the mushrooming cloud develop and the subsequent pink glow of the fire. BTW...WE love your show. Wouldn't start our day without you Heather and Ed!
- PeggyMESSAGE: Hello, I just wanted to let you know that at 2:50 am this morning I was awoken to the low rumbling sound for 5-10 seconds in Hampton, New Hampshire. My Shih Tzu also jumped from his chair barking.
- DianeMESSAGE: Thank you for being the first and only news channel to report the first news of the explosion on the scrolling bar on the TV. I live in central peabody and I thought a car had hit my hosue because my entire house shook including myself and my bed.
- CharleneMESSAGE: i live about 2 miles away, at just before 3am, i was jolted awake, the entire house shook, i thought a truck hit my home. i turned on the police scanner, beverly sent everthing they had on the streets, cops, ambulances and fire. the place they went is a propane seller,i have been getting bbq tanks filled there for years, there is a gas station about three houses up street, and a bout yard behind the propane yard, the school for deaf is across river from there about 10th of mile. there was a home on the site of the propane place
- ShawnMESSAGE: FYI - explosion was felt in York Maine by someone living on a ledge by the water
- KarenMESSAGE: I live across the river from this fire and the explosion shook us out of bed. It knocked pictures off the wall, I found the phone on the floor and it blew out the glass door on my fireplace. I walke down to the river and we had a traffic jam @ 3 am All our alarms in the house went off and we had to put the dog in the car because he was afraid to stay in the house.
- BarbMESSAGE: I live in Exeter NH. I must of heard it becuase I was awakened by something at that time and so was my dog. Years ago my husband use to install poured floors and he would buy his Chemicals from there. At that time it was called Harold Chemical. We are friends with the Lyon's who had the grill bus. in front of that. They sold their house a few years ago. My husband also works for Eastern Propane in NH and we know how very close Eastern is to that site. They are so very lucky.
- PennyMESSAGE: My mom heard it and felt it on Plum Island.
- NancyMESSAGE: My elderly parents live a 1/2 mile east from the explosion on the Danvers River in Beverly. My Dad, a WWII veteran reported that my mother's bureau was knocked right over and her TV smashed onto the floor. The bureau was on the west side of the house. My Dad said that he hadn't heard or felt anything that intense, "even in the war." We are a good mile away and all of our neighbors were gathered outside of their homes, very shaken up as we observed the tremendous flames off in the distance. The blast was intense lasting for approximately 5 seconds and rattled our homes, windows and nerves.
- ClareMESSAGE: I live on westview circle and have line of sight from the second floor of my home where the windows were blown out due to the explosion. At 2:56 am my son and i drove to theschool for the deaf to see what happened. i thought it was the high pressure gas main they put in a few years ago or a tank at Eastern Propane. there was debris showering the area and the flames were 200-300 ft in the air. i then went home to check on my animals and try to close up the windows that were blown in. I will be at home depot later today buying some plywood and plastic. If you have any info as to whom will be responsible for damages please let me know. I will go thru my insurance co. for now but any info would be great.
- GregMESSAGE: Can you ask the news team covering the Danvers blast to report on the condition of the boats in the marina? My boat is literally feet away from the explosion as well as my neighbor' yachts. Thank God the blast went the other way, as these yachts are stored for the winter with hundreds of gallons of gas. Loss would have been extraordinary if they went up. I live 2.5 miles away in Salem, MA and we were awoken at 2:45am by the blast, as it shook the house literally on its foundation and items dropped off of shelves. We're pretty frantic about our boats. My heart goes out to the people who lost their homes and businesses. The local community will come together to help them. We are tight-knit on the NorthShore. Thanks
- KarenMESSAGE: I live in Atkinson NH and at 2:45 we felt our house shake. We thought it was a car accident. I can't believe that we felt it this far away.
- EvelynMESSAGE: It is amazing that people say that no one knew that the chemical plant wasn't there. I grew up in the house that my parents built in 1957 directly behind that same plant, which is the second house in on Bates St the small cape that is being shown in your aerial shots. My mothe sold the home in 1997.
- HaydenMESSAGE: I was awoken at 2:48 by what sounded like thunder and shook my house in West Peabody... I looked out my window and saw a mushroom cloud and orange glow in the distance... I seriously thought it may have been a bomb or plane crash...
- DianeMESSAGE: I live in Ipswich, and at 2:45am I was awakened by the explosion in Danvers. The house shook, but no damage, yet I went scrambling around to check for anything wrong. Then spent the next half hour listening for emergency vehicles, but heard nothing. I knew it had to be bad, actaully made me feel sick with worry, it was that powerful.
- LizMESSAGE: I live on the Danvers/Beverly line about 1.5 miles away. I was out on my balcony having a cigarette at the time of the explosion. I was thrown of my seat, felt the waves against my chest and the glass in my sliding door (which was wharped by the explosion) is partialy out. My prayers are with the victims, especialy at Thanksgiving.
- AndreaMESSAGE: My husband and I were awakened this morning around 3:00 with the explosion in our town of Rollinsford, NH, our house shook and thought it was a small earthquake.
- CharleneMESSAGE: I live in Hampton, NH. My first thought was that my furnace exploded!
- SandraMESSAGE: Felt the tremor in Kittery Point, ME-thought it was a mild earthquake.
- LynnMESSAGE: I live in Dover New Hampshire and just before 3 am, I woke up to my front door rattling as if someone had blasted nearby. I said to my husband, "what the heck was that?" to which he said: "huh, what, I didn't hear anything!" He later told me about the explosion so that's what it must have been -- it shook the front door.
- BethMESSAGE: We certainly felt the explosion here in North Andover. We were all awakened when the second floor bedroom doors (which were ajar at three a.m.) actually hit their door jambs! We couldn't figure out what caused this loud thump in the night.
- BonnieMESSAGE: This shook our home in Wenham, and reminded me of an explosion/fire, ch 5 covered in th 90's of a 10000sf barn next to my home in Topsfield. The sound reminded me of the propane tank which I saw shoot 50' in the air. It was earthshaking!
- Norma
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