Water heater explodes; fire destroys Lucasville home

  • Source: WSAZ-TV NBC 3 Huntington
  • Published: 08/12/2022 12:00 AM

VIDEO: A mother’s time in the tub was interrupted by an explosion at her home. Samantha Brewer says she’d just put her kids to bed Monday night and was taking a shower at her home on Salt Creek Road in Lucasville when she heard and felt an explosion. “The whole house shook,” she said. “I started screaming ‘What was that?’” Her boyfriend Derrick Harshberger was playing a video game when it happened. “I didn’t know if it was gunshots or if something back there exploded,” he said. “I started drying off and threw a tanktop and my underwear on and opened the door,” Brewer said. “That’s when I smelled the propane, and we all just ran outside.” After everyone got out safely, they watched their home go up in flames. “Seeing everything I worked so hard for, my kids loved so much, being gone, it definitely hurts,” Brewer said.



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