Neighbors say explosion was bigger than in the movie Independence Day.
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It's the first of July, no, thankfully that has past. No more sales of illegal fireworks, and no more noises in the middle of the night. However, another kind of bang could be heard last night as a house on the mountain exploded sending shockwaves and knocking down even Big Bertha as neighbors describe it as something out of the movie Independence Day.
Billy The Kid woke up at around eleven at night as he heard a large bang. Dazed and startled, Billy sprung over to the other side of the bed with his water gun drawn waiting for anything to come his way. Confused, he realized it was just one bang and creeped closer to the window and noticed that his neighbor's house was no longer there. We had a small talk with Billy this morning who is still in shock about the whole ordeal. Billy said, "It's not like a UFO beamed up my neighbor's house and took it away, there's just nothing there now but rubble... How could this be.....".
We found out from the fire marshal today that due to mis-installed gas fittings on a pipe, natural gas built up, and a spark ignited and caused the explosion. Untrained gas technicians who just worked on the house never had proper training, and were not properly licensed by the gas authority. Currently in the province, there is no government oversight enforcing any standards. It's up to everyone to police themselves and be their own MacGyver. The owner of the home was not there at the time as they had problems coming back into the country with Immigration. With the cost of labor in well paid trade jobs these days so high, some are looking to cash in, bid lower and make a few bucks. That means, your Fernando type of guy from the TV series "Two and a half Men" will have plenty of business years to come. If you have any overseas training, or you bribed your way through a trade school in another country, you can easily become a trades person here and nobody will check your qualifications. We expect Dr.Nick from The Simpsons to be a house hold name in the near future!
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As for the dwelling. Records show that it was sold Five times in the last 8 years, and that it was being rented out each time illegal. With so many people coming and going in the house, neighbors came up with an idea that maybe it was being used as a cheap whore house. Cheap or not, nobody will be able to find out as nothing is left standing and only rubble and soon to be dirt remain...