VIDEOS: A home in a Massachusetts city exploded and burst into flames earlier this week, leaving the structure fully engulfed by the time first responders arrived.
Emergency crews were called to the scene on Plain Street in Taunton around 10 a.m. Wednesday. Police and firefighters arrived within minutes, but the force of the explosion had already caused significant damage to the two neighboring homes as well.
The response was complicated by the more than two feet of snow that fell during Monday’s blizzard. The Taunton Police Department released new bodycam video on Thursday showing the moment when officers realized hydrants on the street were buried, slowing efforts to get water on the flames.
“Where are the hydrants? They’re all buried…Do you know where the hydrants are? … We’re f*!” one officer is heard saying in the video as the flames raged.
WFXT-TV FOX 25 Boston
