Ripple effects of Twinsburg neighborhood explosion felt far and near: ‘We thought it was a bomb’

TWINSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio — For a few terrifying moments, nobody in or near the Woodlands neighborhood knew what had just happened.

It was a slow Thursday afternoon at the Oak & Embers Tavern a few streets away, where Lauren Frey was working a shift. She was talking to a regular customer by the bar when the building started to shake.

A range of thoughts crossed her mind at the time, from an earthquake to a van crashing into the restaurant to an accident in the basement where employees change kegs…

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