Dash-cam video captures Lansing house explosion

LANSING – This dashboard camera video taken by a Lansing firefighter shows a north Lansing home demolished in a fiery explosion the night of Aug. 2 following a natural gas leak.

A car that had been rear-ended on North Pennsylvania Avenue left the roadway and crashed into the gas meter of the house, located in the 800 block of North Pennsylvania Avenue. A couple and their baby were evacuated from the home before the explosion.

The south side of the home was blown onto intersecting May Street and the home's porch landed onto its front lawn, firefighters said. Three more homes on Pennsylvania Avenue and a May Street house were damaged as a result of the explosion.

The driver of an SUV believed to have caused the car crash fled the scene in the vehicle and is expected to face charges of hit and run causing damage and damage to a structure, police said.

Contact Christopher Behnan at 517-377-1261 or cbehnan@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @LansingCB.