Anonymous wrote:Pray for the firefighters

Two have now been rescued, unknown condition.

Fire started approx 7:30.

Felt it on our southern facing wall in South Rockville.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“The house is pretty much leveled,” a firefighter said on a dispatch call.

😞

I'm not feeling concern for the house right now. Firefighters are risking, perhaps losing, their lives right now. And we have no word of the family occupants.
Those poor families.

The concern is for all impacted. The home leveled comment from firefighters indicates the severity.

A house exploded in sterling va. Firefighter is trapped inside

Anonymous wrote:How can they hear something in Bethesda? That’s so far. I am at a hotel in Loudoun and didn’t hear anything.

You’re in a hotel that’s made for sound proofing. All depends on topography/obstacles for sound waves. Being the person that wrote that I heard it in Bethesda… I can promise you we did. Sounded like someone hit some outside our house.

Pray for the firefighters

YALL HEARD IT THAT FAR AWAY???

there was a gas leak oe somethign, tbh dont know what caused it (obv) but a house exploded in sterling, i live a couple blocks away and it shook the whole house

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/house-explodes-in-loudoun-county-firefighter-trapped/3546296/%3famp=1

not too many articles yet, but i saw a helicopter go there a few minutes after, not sure if it was news or a hospital or something though

Anonymous wrote:How can they hear something in Bethesda? That’s so far. I am at a hotel in Loudoun and didn’t hear anything.

The same thing happened with the explosion in Arlington a couple months ago. We lived north and west of the explosion in Arlington and couldn’t hear it but people in Alexandria could.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way the original poster in Rockville felt the house shake because of something in Sterling. That’s 30 miles.

My house in Potomac is physically closer to Sterling than McLean is to Sterling. No leaves on the trees, so sound travels better. Who knows. May husband said he heard something.

We didn't notice in McLean.

Anonymous wrote:There is no way the original poster in Rockville felt the house shake because of something in Sterling. That’s 30 miles.

It’s 30 miles by road but as the crow flies it’s much closer. Just look at a map.

Anonymous wrote:“The house is pretty much leveled,” a firefighter said on a dispatch call.

😞

I'm not feeling concern for the house right now. Firefighters are risking, perhaps losing, their lives right now. And we have no word of the family occupants.
Those poor families.

How can they hear something in Bethesda? That’s so far. I am at a hotel in Loudoun and didn’t hear anything.

The house was right outside my daughter’s cul de sac… they could feel the explosion.

Anonymous wrote:There is no way the original poster in Rockville felt the house shake because of something in Sterling. That’s 30 miles.

My house in Potomac is physically closer to Sterling than McLean is to Sterling. No leaves on the trees, so sound travels better. Who knows. May husband said he heard something.

“The house is pretty much leveled,” a firefighter said on a dispatch call.

😞