LISTEN: 1010 WINS' Terry Sheridan reports. A house in New Jersey exploded less than five hours after it was evacuated early Thursday amid flooding wrought by Ida, damaging multiple homes nearby but mercifully seriously injuring no one, officials in Rahway said. The explosion could be heard as far away as Branchburg and North Plainfield. Rythems in manville smh pic.twitter.com/2NWinHq4aL. But still, seeing everything they own destroyed is devastating. A house exploded early Thursday in Rahway as the storm was winding down. In Somerville, a house on Mercer Street exploded which affected about 10 nearby structures, according to Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Spokesman Frank Roman. Some are in bloom as of early August, while others are planned to peak from late August to late September. "This looks like, this is the second story of the home, possibly. When they arrived they found two /*PSE&G*/ employees who were injured. Julia Musto is a reporter for Fox News and Fox Business Digital. Hurricane Ida: Two buildings in New Jersey EXPLODE in huge - The Sun MANVILLE, NJ (SOMERSET)-Around 3:00 p.m. there was a reported house explosion 4th Avenue & Knopf Street in the Lost Valley section of Manville. On Thursday a shocking video captured the moment a New Jersey home was blown to bits after a reported gas leak. Somehow the flood triggered the gas line underneath and it got burned to ashes," Mehta said. ), Contact reporter Dan Alexander at Dan.Alexander@townsquaremedia.com or via Twitter @DanAlexanderNJ. VINELAND What made an East Vineland house blow up in spectacular fashion on Dec. 15, 2021 is answered by the family's insurance company in a lawsuit it recently filed against a Whippany fuel . Get Patch breaking news alerts sent right to your phone with our new app. "When I got picked up, it was weird because I was able to step right off my roof onto the boat, so there was no drop or anything," he said. The state Election Law Enforcement Commission ranked the most-lobbied bills in Trenton, according to the number of reported official contacts. Two other homes nearby also caught fire despite all the surrounding water. Three or four homes in the area were damaged, and one man passing by in a car suffered minor injuries. They said their 4-month-old baby Lila is the reason they're alive. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ A house has exploded in Manville and another remains on fire with first responders unable to get to them due to 8 feet high waters. The borough's Office of Emergency Management manager John Bentz told NBC 4 New York that firefighters could not reach the fire because of flood water. A house in New Jersey exploded less than five hours after it was evacuated early Thursday amid flooding wrought by Ida, damaging multiple homes nearby but mercifully seriously injuring no one,. Images and video posted to social media show black smoke billowing from a Manville home surrounded by murky floodwaters, and nighttime video footage captured the moment a Rahway house was reduced to rubble in a massive explosion.