Wild video captured the moment a Virginia home exploded Monday night after a suspect inside the residence shot at authorities trying to serve a search warrant, according to police and witnesses.
The massive explosion in Arlington sent debris and flames into the sky around 8:20 p.m., and could be heard and felt for miles.
“Holy shit,” one person exclaimed as car alarms blared.
Arlington County police said officers were trying to execute a search warrant when a suspect fired several bullets from inside the now-razed home.
The officers suffered minor injuries and no one had to go to the hospital.
The suspect’s condition was not immediately known. It is also unknown if anyone else was in the house.
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Police previously said they were investigating after someone fired a flare gun from the home.
Alex Wilson, the man who apparently recorded the astonishing footage, told Fox 5 that DC police approached the house with a SWAT truck when the suspect began shooting at them.
When officers began moving toward a window, “the whole place collapsed,” Wilson said.
Police said someone fired a flare gun inside the home. X / @connormaj The police were trying to execute a search warrant at the house.
“It was wild, it was wild to say the least,” Wilson said in more footage from his interview with Fox 5 DC.
The police confrontation had been going on for at least a few hours.
Arlington County police spokeswoman Ashley Savage said it was unknown whether the suspect was firing a flare gun or another weapon at police.
The Arlington County Police Department said in a statement that the suspect fired several shots inside the home before the explosion occurred. AP An Arlington County Fire Department ladder truck sprays water on the remains of a home that exploded Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Arlington, Virginia. AP Fire and police officials walk through the site of a house explosion as an Arlington County Fire Department ladder truck sprays water on the remains of the building on December 4, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. AP
Virginia Delegate Patrick Hope, who lives nearby with his family, said in a tweet that his house shook and he could see flames from his front yard.
“I was in the back of my house and I had been hearing before this some kind of firecracker sound, and all of a sudden there’s a loud bang and my whole house shakes,” neighbor Ann-Elise Quinn told NBC. 4Washington.
“All the lights went out immediately.”
The Arlington Fire and Rescue Department said the fire was under control around 11 p.m. Monday.
An investigation into the explosion is underway.
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