Sonic boom???

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I’m in Sterling under a mile away and didn’t feel anything. My neighbors all did though. Several thought a car drove into their house.

I too don’t understand the propane tank because we have gas. It’s a very, very residential area. This house is older and in a different neighborhood than me.

The house is leveled and it looks like a war zone. I heard 14 fire departments were reporting. One firefighter deceased, 9 injured (and I heard some of the unities were very bad burns), 2 civilians injured.

Donate to Sterling volunteer fire department: https://sterlingfire.org/

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Anonymous wrote:I live in Gaithersburg and felt my house shake. Thought it was a sonic boom.

+1 I’m in Derwood. Ran upstairs to see if my daughter heard it (and had her headphones on and did not). I was wondering if a tree fell outside.

Look outside.

No, it was the explosion. It was also heard in Gaithersburg area, near me, and it was at the same time.

So, her daughter would have a better idea if it was an explosion or a tree falling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m in Sterling under a mile away and didn’t feel anything. My neighbors all did though. Several thought a car drove into their house.

I too don’t understand the propane tank because we have gas. It’s a very, very residential area. This house is older and in a different neighborhood than me.

The house is leveled and it looks like a war zone. I heard 14 fire departments were reporting. One firefighter deceased, 9 injured (and I heard some of the unities were very bad burns), 2 civilians injured.

Donate to Sterling volunteer fire department: https://sterlingfire.org/

There is a natural gas line 150' from my house. It will cost several thousand dollars to get connected. A propane tank would be cheaper.

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Anonymous wrote:It was huge because it was a 500 gallon propane tank that exploded, with 100 gallons inside at the time.

https://x.com/statter911/status/1758683483126337628?s=46&t=K3WyLgHfX59w1dswhheY_w

That seems like a lot of propane. Is that legal?

Very legal and not uncommon for properties outside of a city. More uncommon in the DMV area.

We are in DMV area and have propane. Our house is not too old, built in 2001; but is in an older neighborhood where gas wasn’t easily accessible. I’m not sure why the builder chose propane in lieu of electric for heat and stove top.

Yep. I am in Great Falls and we have no gas lines. People who want gas stoves or a generator get propane tanks.

This is in a very residential/suburban neighborhood in eastern Loudoun where they would surely have access to gas lines. Loudoun county west of rt 15 -- there are no gas lines, so all homes west of rt 15 rely on propane (or electric, geothermal, etc.).

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in Sterling under a mile away and didn’t feel anything. My neighbors all did though. Several thought a car drove into their house.

I too don’t understand the propane tank because we have gas. It’s a very, very residential area. This house is older and in a different neighborhood than me.

The house is leveled and it looks like a war zone. I heard 14 fire departments were reporting. One firefighter deceased, 9 injured (and I heard some of the unities were very bad burns), 2 civilians injured.

Donate to Sterling volunteer fire department: https://sterlingfire.org/

There is a natural gas line 150' from my house. It will cost several thousand dollars to get connected. A propane tank would be cheaper.

Okay but have you ever compared the cost of fueling a house with propane vs natural gas??

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Anonymous wrote:It was huge because it was a 500 gallon propane tank that exploded, with 100 gallons inside at the time.

https://x.com/statter911/status/1758683483126337628?s=46&t=K3WyLgHfX59w1dswhheY_w

That seems like a lot of propane. Is that legal?

Very legal and not uncommon for properties outside of a city. More uncommon in the DMV area.

We are in DMV area and have propane. Our house is not too old, built in 2001; but is in an older neighborhood where gas wasn’t easily accessible. I’m not sure why the builder chose propane in lieu of electric for heat and stove top.

Yep. I am in Great Falls and we have no gas lines. People who want gas stoves or a generator get propane tanks.

This is in a very residential/suburban neighborhood in eastern Loudoun where they would surely have access to gas lines. Loudoun county west of rt 15 -- there are no gas lines, so all homes west of rt 15 rely on propane (or electric, geothermal, etc.).

I’m not on this particular street, but we all have gas. I’m surprised there’s a house without gas in this area. I’ve been in dozens of friends homes within a mile of this house.

Luckily this house was a corner lot and had a bit more land. Imagine if it had been directly next to its neighbors? I want to know how neighboring houses fared. They said the debris field is large.

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Anonymous wrote:Redfin states that house is on electric for heating. So the property owner would have put in the gas tank.

Could be a generator.

There was a pool in the backyard heated by propane. No natural gas line to the house. I grew up in the house two houses down and still know plenty of neighbors. The neighbors I grew up knowing in that house left in 2015 so I don’t know the people who owned it most recently. It’s my own assumption that the pool was still heated by gas.

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Will also add to above comment — my parents and the neighbors brought gas to the neighborhood in 2000s (I don’t remember exactly). The previous owners were not interested in natural gas to the house so they did not put one in. The natural gas line in the neighborhood literally stops just before their house. Source: it was a huge point of contention for my parents/surrounding neighbors who wanted access to natural gas.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in Sterling under a mile away and didn’t feel anything. My neighbors all did though. Several thought a car drove into their house.

I too don’t understand the propane tank because we have gas. It’s a very, very residential area. This house is older and in a different neighborhood than me.

The house is leveled and it looks like a war zone. I heard 14 fire departments were reporting. One firefighter deceased, 9 injured (and I heard some of the unities were very bad burns), 2 civilians injured.

Donate to Sterling volunteer fire department: https://sterlingfire.org/

There is a natural gas line 150' from my house. It will cost several thousand dollars to get connected. A propane tank would be cheaper.

Okay but have you ever compared the cost of fueling a house with propane vs natural gas??

Propane has twice the energy density. So, it must be competitive or people wouldn't use it.

[Anonymous]

Felt it in the Kentlands

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Was the propane tank outside and leaking into the basement?

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Anonymous wrote:Was the propane tank outside and leaking into the basement?

Yes it was outside.

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Anonymous wrote:Was the propane tank outside and leaking into the basement?

It was underground… “ to a 500-gallon underground propane tank that crews found leaking into the home.”

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in Sterling under a mile away and didn’t feel anything. My neighbors all did though. Several thought a car drove into their house.

I too don’t understand the propane tank because we have gas. It’s a very, very residential area. This house is older and in a different neighborhood than me.

The house is leveled and it looks like a war zone. I heard 14 fire departments were reporting. One firefighter deceased, 9 injured (and I heard some of the unities were very bad burns), 2 civilians injured.

Donate to Sterling volunteer fire department: https://sterlingfire.org/

There is a natural gas line 150' from my house. It will cost several thousand dollars to get connected. A propane tank would be cheaper.

Okay but have you ever compared the cost of fueling a house with propane vs natural gas??

Propane has twice the energy density. So, it must be competitive or people wouldn't use it.

I’ve only ever heard of people using it when they want gas but don’t have access/are not tapped into a natural gas line. In my experience it’s pricey. Plus you have to get it delivered to your house, you don’t want the tank to run too low in the winter, the price fluctuates a lot, if you don’t own your own tank you’re stuck paying the rate set by the company who owns the tank (this is actually a very common scenario in Loudoun)…

[Anonymous]

Loudoun County FD posted that anyone that would like to donate toward the impacted firefighters can do so through their foundation. You can note “for the Brown family” on the donation if you’d like the donation to go toward Trevor’s family. A donation without that note will go toward the other injured firefighters.

https://lfrf.org/