Crime & Safety
Explosion Destroys House In Upper Bucks County
Emergency crews responded to the scene around 9 a.m. for an explosion at a home on Highview Road in Hilltown Township.
HILLTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — A major explosion Monday morning destroyed a single-family home in Hilltown Township not far from Sellersville Borough.
The explosion happened around 9 a.m. in the 100 block of Highview Road. Photographs posted online show nothing but debris in the aftermath of the explosion.
Action News is reporting that the house was unoccupied. A worker, however, suffered cuts and abrasions from the blast and was transported to the hospital, the TV station reported.
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Emergency crews were called to the scene just before 9 a.m. for what appeared to be a massive explosion, reportedly heard as far away as Skippack, Montgomery County.
"Anyone just hear that enormous house-shaking explosion just now around 9 a.m. in Hilltown near Diamond and Rickert?" wrote Nancy on Facebook. "WOW. Fire trucks from both north and south, and now ambulances!!!"
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An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the explosion. Utility crews have also been called to the scene.
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