UPDATE: Police: Bomb Making Lab Found Inside Home Where Explosion Happened
An explosion at a house in Levittown’s Magnolia Hill section is under investigation as of Monday morning.
Bristol Township police, fire investigators and ATF officials are probing the explosion that blew out windows on three sides of the home at 5 Midwood Lane.
Advertisements
Acting Bristol Township police Chief Lt. John Godzieba said the man officials believe set the fire which caused the chemical explosion has spoken with local and federal investigators. He said charges could come as a result of the investigation.
Fire responders were called to the Midwood Lane home around 1:25 a.m. and the man told them a propane tank had exploded by the fireplace in the house, Godzieba said, adding that no evidence of a propane tank could be found at the scene.
Caution tape was roped outside the house and a police car sat nearby around noon.
Advertisements
LevittownNow.com reader Sindi Later said she heard the sirens around 1:30 a.m. following a loud thunderous boom. She later described the travel path of first the responders as screaming sirens cut through the blackened night.
The Bucks County Hazmat Team was part of the call early Monday morning.
Advertisements
More details are expected later.
LevittownNow.com Publisher-Editor Jeff Bohen and intern Erich Martin contributed to this report.
