One in hospital after home explosion in Shaughnessy Heights

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A house exploded on Selkirk Avenue Friday night, leaving a resident inside severely injured.

A strong gas smell greeted fire crews when they arrived at the bungalow at 1699 Selkirk Ave. around 10:30 p.m., following the explosion. The one person inside the home at the time, who was not named in the news release about the incident, had suffered severe injuries.

Neighbour Roel Cayabyab was evacuated by firefighters after the explosion. His security cameras caught a flash of light and glass blowing out of the home before his family witnessed the aftermath.

“The (home) owner, I was friends with… he went out, he was full of blood,” he said.

Cayabyab said crews told him it wasn’t a natural gas leak and they were allowed to return home after it was deemed safe. He called his neighbour a likeable person and said he had never witnessed anything out of the ordinary happening at his house.

The victim was sent to hospital and remains in unstable condition.

Five houses on the block were evacuated and firefighters tested gas readings in each home. Manitoba Hydro was on the scene to turn off gas access to the damaged home.

The cause of the explosion is still under investigation.