VIDEO: A woman was hospitalized Friday after neighbors pulled her from a burning home in Schertz that may have exploded just moments before the fire broke out.
The fire started at a home on Mitchell Avenue, sending flames shooting through the windows. Multiple residents nearby reported hearing a loud boom and feeling the shockwave.
“I heard the explosion, and that’s when it kind of rattled me and knocked some of the canned goods off of my shelf in the pantry, that’s how bad it was,” said Steven White, a neighbor.
Another neighbor, Austen Stack, said he believed there was an explosion and noticed an item had been thrown onto the roof.
“They were asking, ‘Did it really explode?’ and I was like, ‘Well yeah, there’s a baseball hat up on the roof right there, and that was hanging up on his wall,’” Stack said.
City officials said the woman, identified only as “Rose” by neighbors, was trapped inside the burning home. Two bystanders rushed in to help her get out.
