VIDEOS: A house explosion rattled a community Saturday night in Essex.
The home on Crafton Road near Avenal Road caught on fire around 11 p.m. and exploded, shaking a neighborhood awake.
"It rocked the whole neighborhood," said neighborhood resident Michael.
BG&E, ATF, Baltimore County Police and Baltimore County Fire Department as well as White Marsh Volunteer Fire, responded to the fire. Upon their arrival, crews found the home engulfed in flames and requested a 2nd-alarm alert to be sent out. "Within minutes, there was heavy fire coming from the rear of this home and the home was destroyed," said Bureau Chief Travis Francis, from the Baltimore County Fire Department.
The homeowner told WJZ that she and her children were not home when this happened.