East Chicago, IL- One person is critically injured in a house explosion in East Chicago.
Investigators are trying to determine how and why it happened.
CBS 2’s Jeremy Ross has the storywith the details and the damage.
A neighbor said he was startled around 9:30 Saturday morning, expecting to see some sort of crash scene.
Instead he saw a fire next door.
Firefighters smothered heat and flames from a house explosion on 139th and Evergreen Street.
Water helped to put out hot spots. Neighbors said first responders asked several people in the area to evacuate for a time. They said it was out of caution due to a natural gas explosion.
Firefighters are not confirming that at this time. One man was injured in the blast. Neighbors said he was a worker fixing the property.
The man living next door described the explosion.
At first I thought a car had crashed into the house, said Eric Glover. I ran out of the house to see what was going on and I seen flames. I grabbed my daughter and my cousin and called the police.
There is no update on the medical condition on the injured worker.
Firefighters continue their ongoing investigation.