There has been a massive explosion in downtown Bozeman, Montana. It has collapsed 3 buildings, and a two-block area has been evacuated.
The explosion occurred at about 10:15 AM EST on the Bozeman's Main Street. The blast is currently theorized to have been the result of a natural gas explosion.
“There is so much damage there and so much fire still that we cannot get out crews in,” said Chuck Winn, assistant city manager and Bozeman’s former fire chief.
At this point, it's unclear if there were any injuries or fatalities in the explosion. The local Bozeman paper doesn't even have that info.
However, Bozeman officials said four businesses were destroyed by the explosion: a restaurant and bar, two other bars and a gallery.
Twitter updates on Bozeman Explosion
kpaxnews:
Boodles, Rocking R Bar, the American
Legion and Montana Trails Gallery were destroyed in the explosion in
Bozeman. More at www.kpax.com
superdaveh4eva:
Press conference scheduled for 2PM to give
updates on gas explosion situation that happened in downtown
Bozeman. #bozexplod
marypaoli:
Half a city block on Bozeman's Main
Street is gone following a natural gas explosion. Feeling for the people
and businesses impacted.
darwinsbulldog:
sees a very useful application of Twitter
with the Bozeman explosion - linking a community for getting
information #bozexplod