A Backdraft Explosion Levels A 2-Story Building

Raw footage: A backdraft explosion levels a two story building . Firefighters were toned out at 5 AM for a fully involved structure fire just off the square in Paris, Texas. The fire extended to the southern exposure on Bohnam street, a two story brick building with businesses downstairs and loft apartments upstairs. Watch the windows break and the glass fall inside the building. The telephone pole took a beating, too. One firefighter was injured from flying debris..

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Comment by lutan1 on July 7, 2008 at 8:21pm: I thought the same when I saw it- in this instance, Ive just posted up the embed code and info off the website...

Comment by greg on July 7, 2008 at 8:10pm: I find this hard to believe that this is a "back draft" Fire is venting in numerous areas, the smoke is indicating that there are changing conditions however, the doesn't appear to be any lack of o2 the fire is burning well and venting well, also there are so many areas that are open to allow free burning with no lack of o2 or confinement for a slow burn it just doesn't seem to me to be a condition in which a back draft would be plausable. I would be more likely to suspect storage of flamable materials ect.