An unlikely series of events led to an explosion at a Chase Bank branch in west suburban Bloomingdale Friday night.
An unlikely series of events led to an explosion at a Chase Bank branch in west suburbanAt 5:05 p.m., police said a drive-thru customer lost control of her vehicle due to an inadvertent mistake or a mechanical issue with the car, slamming into the bank. The collision ruptured a gas line and an explosion followed.
Patel was one of the bank customers with safe deposit boxes inside having to look on helplessly as the fire fight raged on."I came here from India," he said. "Valuables that are special to me. Some things that were passed down from my grandparents. All that stuff's in there. Stuff that's been passed through my family's history. All that stuff's in there."
"Shortly after the accident, the fire started. There was an explosion at the bank and the fire protection district and other fire departments are all trying to put the fire out," said Frank Giammarese with the Bloomingdale Police Department.
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