Our drone photos show damage to homes on the 500 block of 7th avenue in Marengo after a gas leak led to an explosion that damanged more than 50 homes, Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

Our drone photos show damage to homes on the 500 block of 7th avenue in Marengo after a gas leak led to an explosion that damanged more than 50 homes, Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

Our drone photos show damage to homes on the 500 block of 7th avenue in Marengo after a gas leak led to an explosion that damanged more than 50 homes, Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

Our drone photos show damage to homes on the 500 block of 7th avenue in Marengo after a gas leak led to an explosion that damanged more than 50 homes, Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

Our drone photos show damage to homes on the 500 block of 7th avenue in Marengo after a gas leak led to an explosion that damanged more than 50 homes, Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

Our drone photos show damage to homes on the 500 block of 7th avenue in Marengo after a gas leak led to an explosion that damanged more than 50 homes, Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

Marengo Police Chief Rich Solarz talks about how everyone came together in their moment of crisis. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

Neighbors talk about what they went through as debris litters the ground in their neighborhood. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

Residents Tim Keefer and his family, Kim, Austin and Hailay talk about what it was like that morning as their house behind them is gone. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

Kelly Dowda says she awoke to the sound of a loud bang that rattled her Marengo home. When she looked out her back door, she saw fire and heavy smoke coming from one street over. Courtesy of Kelly Dowda

Fire crews work the scene of an explosion Sunday morning that resulted in a fire at four houses in the 500 block of 7th Avenue in Marengo. Courtesy of Kelly Dowda

An explosion Sunday morning in the 500 block of 7th Avenue in Marengo damaged more than 50 nearby homes, including four that were on fire, officials said. Courtesy of Kelly Dowda

More than 50 homes were damaged by an explosion Sunday morning in the 500 block of 7th Avenue, Marengo. Courtesy of Kelly Dowda