BLOOMING GROVE, NY — A single-family house in the town of Blooming Grove was destroyed after a propane tank for a barbecue grill exploded. The <a href="https://midhudsonnews.com/2022/08/12/house-erupts-into-ball-of-flames-after-propane-tank-explodes/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">inferno</a> was reported around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, MidHudson News reported. The Woodbury Fire Department posted on Facebook that it was a two-alarm fire. <a href="https://westchester.news12.com/alert-center-fire-destroys-blooming-grove-home" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">No injuries have been reported</a>, according to News 12, and the cause of the fire has not been released.<iframe src width="500" height="683" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" data-src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwoodburyfire%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0vAYVFc4U638zWAks9rEDiAC4wqD2XTPbjhkCw6rpMFGmYCQ4mM3CfAwkMRexKHEol&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500"></iframe>

BLOOMING GROVE, NY — A single-family house in the town of Blooming Grove was destroyed after a propane tank for a barbecue grill exploded.

The <a href="https://midhudsonnews.com/2022/08/12/house-erupts-into-ball-of-flames-after-propane-tank-explodes/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">inferno</a> was reported around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, MidHudson News reported. The Woodbury Fire Department posted on Facebook that it was a two-alarm fire.

<a href="https://westchester.news12.com/alert-center-fire-destroys-blooming-grove-home" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">No injuries have been reported</a>, according to News 12, and the cause of the fire has not been released.<iframe src width="500" height="683" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" data-src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwoodburyfire%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0vAYVFc4U638zWAks9rEDiAC4wqD2XTPbjhkCw6rpMFGmYCQ4mM3CfAwkMRexKHEol&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500"></iframe>

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