A home has exploded shortly being evacuated due to flash flooding caused by remnants of Hurricane Ida.
The property, located in Rahway, 26 miles southwest of , was inundated by rain late on Wednesday night.
The family living at the home were forced to flee by 1am Thursday morning, before the home allegedly exploded shortly before 6am.
Investigators are working to determine how flooding caused the building to blow up, but there were no fatalities.
A man driving past the home at the time it exploded suffered minor injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital.
The explosion was so severe that it caused damage to neighboring properties.
Dramatic aerial photos taken by after daylight show the residence reduced to a pile of rubble. Clean-up crews are currently on the scene working to clear debris.
A New Jersey home has exploded shortly being evacuated due to severe flooding brought on by Hurricane Ida
The home is pictured prior to its explosion, which occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning after its occupants were evacuated
Dramatic aerial photos taken by ABC7 after daylight show the residence reduced to a pile of rubble
Clean-up crews are currently on the scene working to clear debris
A man driving past the home at the time it exploded suffered minor injuries and was taken newark nj to nyc a nearby hospital.The damage is seen in daylight on Thursday
The explosion was so severe that it caused damage to neighboring properties (pictured)
Other homes across New Jersey have also been destroyed by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which battered the Garden State on Wednesday night.
In Mullica Hill, almost 100 miles south of Rahway, several homes were hit by a tornado which formed due to Ida’s catastrophic conditions.
Gov. Phil Murphy visited Mullica Hill on Thursday morning, saying that Jersey had witnessed an ‘extraordinary, sadly tragic, historic 24 hours’.
In the Garden State, ten people died after the tail-end of Ida crept up on the tri-state area Wednesday night.Five were swept away in cars that became submerged in the water and five died in an apartment complex in Elizabeth.
Other homes across New Jersey have also been destroyed by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which battered the Garden State on Wednesday night
One home was completely flattened by a tornado which formed due to remnants of Hurricane Ida
In Mullica Hill, almost 100 miles south of Rahway, several homes were hit by a tornado which formed due to Ida’s catastrophic conditions
Multiple homes are destroyed after a Tornado hit Mullica Hill, New Jersey, yesterday.September 02 2021
Mullica Hill residents are seen consoling on Thursday morning after the Hurricane caused extensive damage to their homes
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