An early morning car accident in the Detroit suburb of Melvindale caused a huge explosion, fire and large evacuation. Check out video from the neighborhood.

The explosion occured around 3AM on July 2 in the Downriver community.

Several YouTube videos of the event have been uploaded.

From YouTube user, doubleaxel1951,

At 3 am on July 2, 2016, a car ran into a gas pipe and transformer causing a huge fire. At one point, there was a huge explosion that could be felt in many houses even far from the area. This video is from my sister's friend.

Another perspective from user Seamus Caveney

There is also a 10-minute Periscope of drone footage from @AlexFireChaser.

 

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