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VN24 - 10-01-2023 - Bochum / Germany - What an indescribable tragedy. In Bochum, late in the evening at about 21:44, a complete family home blew up and was leveled to the ground. When rescue forces arrived, they found the son (35) of the family barefoot in front of the collapsed house. He was able to provide information that the 61-year-old mother must still be in the rubble. The father (63) was apparently still at work. Quickly it was clear: this was a gas explosion. Unbelievably, the house was not even connected to the gas supply. According to media reports, witnesses had stated that construction work on a fiber-optic Internet line had previously taken place in the area of the house on the street, but the construction workers probably stopped work because of problems with an earth bore and called it a day. After the accident, the criminal investigation department discovered that a gas pipe had been drilled into and the drill head was even still stuck in it. Escaping gas made its way through the soil and apparently reached the cellars of the neighboring houses. A spark was finally enough to cause the renovated house to blow up. The missing 61-year-old woman could later only be recovered dead from the rubble.
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