House Explosion Severely Injures Police Officer
A HOUSE IN GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, WAS completely destroyed when it blew up around 8 am this morning (Sunday). WBZ-TV
The home was the residence of a veteran Gloucester Police officer who has been on the force for 30 years. The 59-yr.-old officer had just arrived home after working his night shift and heard a strange noise coming from the basement. After checking on it, he was coming back up the basement staircase to call his boiler repairman when the house exploded in what a neighbor described as the loudest bang he has ever heard.
The victim, Wayne Sargent, was severely burned and was airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital where he is listed in serious condition.
WBZ-TV has the early report and a video HERE.
Fire departments from three other towns assisted Gloucester FD with the fire that was extinguished withing a few hours. Four neighboring houses were also partially burned or damaged from the explosion and resulting fire.
The fire department reported that the gas utility has been in the neighborhood for over a week investigating gas odors.
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