RENO COUNTY —Fire officials in Hutchinson on Monday released the Battalion Chief Dashcam of the gas explosion on Ave. E and Main on Saturday.
Just before 9:30a.m., crews were in the area for a report of a gas odor. Crews found the issue at the intersection of Ave E and South Main Street. The video starts as crews were setting up operations per protocol.
Responding crews could not find a source at that location so they moved their way down Main Street.
When they arrived to the corner of Avenue E and Main Street, they saw the gas coming up through the road and sidewalk. They entered the business there and their monitors activated.
Crews noted that all the occupants of the building were out, and they exited the building and within 30 seconds the building exploded.
The area between Avenue A and Frank Hart Crossing and Popular Street and Adams Street were ordered to evacuate. Later Saturday night, the evacuation zone was reduced to the area bounded by Avenue C to Avenue F, and Walnut to Adams.
Kansas Gas Service crews continue to work on repairs and restoration in the area of the explosion. There were no injuries reported.