Explosion levels Oconomowoc church
OCONOMOWOC – An explosion in the city’s downtown demolished a church and damaged two nearby homes Wednesday.
WTMJ-TV reported the explosion happened at First Baptist Church.
Waukesha County Board Supervisor Kenneth Herro works a block away as a real estate agent and said he heard an explosion about 1:30 p.m. He and other workers walked right over.
“The church basically had disappeared and the only thing remaining was the steeple in the front,” Herro said.
He smelled natural gas and ambulances were pulling away as he arrived, he said. One house on each side of the church was on fire, he said.
The explosion shook the downtown area, Herro said.
The church is in a residential area, with Lake Lac La Belle beach across the street, Herro said.
We Energies spokesman Rick James confirmed the explosion and said the company had sent workers to the scene. He did not know whether it was a natural gas explosion or have other details yet, he said.
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