Pine Island, NY – PINE ISLAND – An explosion leveled a Pine Island house Tuesday afternoon.
The explosion, which could be heard for miles, leveled the house at 91 Walling Road around 3:30 p.m.
Authorities say the homeowner came home and immediately smelled gas when she opened the door. She then said her home exploded.
The homeowner’s husband and their three young children were not home at the time of the explosion.
The female homeowner was taken to the hospital as a precaution and is expected to be OK.
News 12 has been told that the home did use propane gas, but there’s no official word yet on what caused the blast.