Man Injured In House Explosion In Central New York

FAIRMOUNT, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion that caused heavy damage to a central New York home and injured a man living there.

The blast occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday in the Onondaga County town of Camillus. Neighbors who rushed to the scene say a man who was renting the home emerged from the garage wearing nothing but a shirt. He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

The force of the explosion blew out the home's front wall and sent debris flying into nearby yards. Firefighters spent several minutes dousing flames that had engulfed the house.

No one else was inside.

A next-door neighbor told The Post-Standard of Syracuse that he smelled natural gas shortly before the explosion.

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