Three people were taken to the hospital after a row home explosion in Port Richmond.
Fire officials say the New Year's Day blast happened before 3 a.m. on Miller and East Atlantic Streets, leveling two homes and severely damaging more. The explosion also blasted out windows and sent cars flying across the block."As I got out the car I'm stepping over piles of concrete," said Heisenger. "I remember everything.
"Well, I had my head turned towards her and I was like we're going to Wawa and just outta nowhere it was like a loud bang and I just felt my whole car push over to the curb," he said"It was like a bomb, like a baboom! It shook the whole house. It's undescribable almost," said a neighbor named Karen, who couldn't get out of her front door.
Neighbors helped pull each other out of the debris. Firefighters say three people had to be rescued and taken to the hospital.
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