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A 48-year-old man was charged after the blast Wednesday afternoon in a residence on Cedar Street in Whitby, wounded three men, Durham Regional Police said.
Police said they had been called to a residence at 119 Cedar Street shortly before 3:30 pm for reports of an explosion.
The victims were transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, the police said. They have since been released.
Late Wednesday night, police announced that one of the men injured in the explosion had been arrested and charged with arson, criminal negligence and production under the cannabis law.
Early reports indicate that the explosion could have been caused by an inflamed gas pipe.
Five fire trucks and 26 firefighters reacted to the explosion, which destroyed a whole side of the house.
Natasha Park, who lives at two houses away, said she had just returned home at the time of the blast.
"I went to my balcony and as I was going out, I was knocked down by this loud explosion," she told CBC Toronto.
"It was almost like a bomb and a shot mixed like a big bang."
Johnna Yurkovich, who was not at home at the time of the blast, said that she had collapsed and had almost collapsed on her return and that she was "dead. she had noticed the damage to her house. (John Sandeman / CBC)
Park said that while she smelled smoke, there was no fire.
She said that she had gone to investigate and had found that the house, which belonged to one of her girlfriends – Johnna Yurkovich – "had been more or less broken apart."
Yurkovich, who was not at home at the time of the blast, said that she had collapsed and had almost collapsed on her return and had noticed the damage.
"I left 10 minutes before the blast to get my daughter, my daughter could have been there, I'm glad everyone is O.K.", she told CBC Toronto.
"I do not know what I'm going to do. [and] we probably will not be able to go back there either. "
Early reports indicate that the blast could have been caused by a burning gas pipe, police said. (John Sandeman / CBC)
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