The American Township Fire Department responded to a call for a structure fire and home explosion, that turned out to be a van explosion.
The explosion took place on Sheridan Drive on the unoccupied side of a duplex home. Everyone on the occupied side was able to safely evacuate the home. The fire department was able to successfully extinguish the fire before it spread to the connecting duplex, no injuries were reported.
According to American Township Fire Chief, Tom Hadding "There's a van from Carpet Cleaners here, cleaning the carpets so something must have malfunctioned in the van and exploded and it caught the van and also the garage and a little bit of the structure."
The investigation continues into the exact cause of the van explosion and fire.
