Two women have died and two men are hospitalized after a huge house explosion that damaged neighboring homes and killed a dog.
The massive explosion came less than one day after the victims, Theresa Toledo, 74, and her daughter, Angela Toledo, 45, filed a protective order against Angela’s son, Alexander Toledo, 27.
Alexander and his grandma’s boyfriend, 72, sustained severe burns in the explosion and were rushed to a Kansas City burn unit.
In her order filing, Theresa wrote that Alexander lived in her basement and was a drug addict. She noted that he had so many plugged-in devices that would easily ignite.
“I need Alex out of my house now before he destroys my house or harms me, the drugs make him crazy,” she added.
Neighbors said that they were told to evacuate their homes following the blast that damaged two residences.
“I heard this loud explosion, and you could feel it,” a neighbor recalled.
When I got up there, I was hollering, ‘If there’s anybody in there,’ because if there was, I was going to try to help the best I could.”
