One person was killed and two others hospitalized after a house explosion in Wonder Lake Sunday night, authorities said.
WONDER LAKE, Ill. -- One person was killed and two others hospitalized after a house explosion in Wonder Lake Sunday night, authorities said. Firefighters were called at about 7:50 p.m. to the 7400-block of Birch Drive for the reported house explosion.
Chopper7 flies over Wonder Lake house explosion aftermath One person was pronounced dead at the scene, the Wonder Lake Fire Protection District said. Two people were transported to hospitals, with one needing to be airlifted. The McHenry County Sheriff's Office said the injured victims are two men, ages 76 and 28.
"Very rare to see fire scenes like this," Wonder Lake Fire Chief Matt Yegge said. "This is my 30th year in fire service and very few of these calls we see. "Shock and devastation has rocked the neighborhood. "It shook the entire neighborhood and knocked things off our walls, and glass debris raining down all the way into our driveway," neighbor Richard Norman said.
Norman lives a street over from the explosion He said he was watching TV with his family when they heard and felt the explosion.
"We ran directly over there to see if there was anything we could do, because we knew people were home at the time," Norman said. He said he was one of the first people on the scene and immediately jumped in to a pull a person out, shortly after the home was engulfed in flames. It has made neighbors count their blessings.
"Jesus protected us in that house, if he wasn't there for us, we probably would have been hit too," neighbor Linda Abernathy said. The blast also damaged two neighboring homes as investigators assess the great deal of physical and emotional damage left behind.
"I was talking to the neighbor on the next block behind me, and she's in shock," neighbor Dave Schultheiz said. "She's scared. "Copyright © 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.
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