Grafton firefighters were dispatched to a home on Surrey Lane for a report of an explosion on Monday, Jan. 30.
Grafton Fire Chief William Rice noted firefighters were dispatched to the neighborhood just after 11 a.m. Monday. When firefighters arrived, there was an older couple in the driveway – a man had suffered minor burns. The woman refused any medical treatment. Officials say the explosion happened in the basement of the home – where the man had been at the time. It is not clear what caused the explosion. That said, the force was so strong that walls buckled and windows popped out of frames.
"All of a sudden it just blew. It was just something I was not expecting," said Courtney Marks, neighbor.