00:00You hearing that loud boom inside
00:01their house around 10 o'clock last night?
00:03Yes, they were, and when they came outside,
00:06they saw this home,
00:07which is now reduced to rubble on fire.
00:10Look at the scene here this morning.
00:12All you see is debris.
00:13Would the roof flipped over?
00:15It's not even recognizable
00:16that this was a house before.
00:18The good news is this morning.
00:20Neighbors don't believe anyone
00:21was at home at the time.
00:23We're told an elderly couple was
00:25living here but died and then
00:27their son would come and go.
00:28But it appears that they
00:30never cleaned out the house.
00:32Their house was left in disarray
00:34according to neighbors and
00:35that really fanned the flames.
00:37Let me show you the video here,
00:39which people woke up to overnight.
00:41Neighbors here on Tudor Oval say
00:43they heard that loud boom.
00:44They ran outside, saw a fire,
00:47which appeared to have started
00:48in the middle of the house,
00:50and then it quickly spread because
00:52the home was also surrounded by
00:55lots of overgrown landscapes,
00:56landscaping and wooded trees.
00:57And neighbors believe that that
00:59helps the fire spread quickly.
01:01The blast so big that debris field
01:03expanded to neighbors homes.
01:05She describes what happened.
01:10Heard a loud boom explosion,
01:12but sound like a car exploded out front
01:15and turned around and then saw flames
01:17and a neighbor screaming to fire to fire.
01:20Call 911 started in like the middle of the house.
01:24Um, just look like debris on fire.
01:32Back out here live.
01:33You can see crews will be working
01:35for quite a long time as they have
01:37all of this debris to clear,
01:38but also first making sure the
01:40property is safe and finding out
01:42why this happened. We spoke with
01:44the Fire Department just moments
01:45ago who say they're going to get
01:47ready to update us shortly and
01:49talk about their findings.
01:50But of course the question now is
01:52what caused this blast so big that
01:54the debris is in neighbors yards,
01:56two doors down.
01:57So this is quite the issue.
01:59Wondering why this happened.
02:01We're live in Westfield.
02:02I'm Calorama pixel 11 news.
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