Rahway House Explosion: Blast levels home in flooded NJ

House reduced to rubble

The occupants of a house in Rahway evacuated just in time. A few hours later the house was reduced to rubble in an explosion.

NEW JERSEY - A house in Rahway, New Jersey was reduced to rubble in an apparent explosion Thursday morning after a night of flooding.

SkyFox was over Whittier Street and River Road where debris could be seen where the house once stood.

Published reports indicate the house's occupants evacuated at about 1 a.m. as Storm Ida dumped torrential rain over the area causing severe flooding. It was not clear what lead to the explosion at about 5:45 a.m. Unconfirmed reports said gas was released into the home triggering an explosion.

There was a report of a man injured while driving in the area. four other houses in the area were damaged in the blast.

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Flooded homes on fire in NJ

SkyFOX was over Manville in Somerset County, N.J., where some flooded homes caught on fire.

Rahway was the scene of heavy flooding following Storm Ida. SkyFox captured video of streets covered in dirt after waters receded.

Over in Passaic, a 70-year-old man was killed after he became trapped in a vehicle that had become submerged.

Somerset County water rescue [SkyFOX]

A boat crew rescued people from a flooded home in Manville, a community along the Raritan River, on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. A day earlier, massive rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida walloped states in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

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