Developing tonight — neighbors describe a blast of heat from an explosion at a scrap metal yard in the Hillcrest area.
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Earlier this afternoon, fire crews responded to flames on Plymouth St, when an explosion rocked an entire neighborhood.
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One neighbor says it felt like a heatwave when something inside the garage exploded.
“When I say it blew up, it blew up,” a neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous said. “It wasn’t no fireworks, it blew up.”
He lives in the apartment complex across from Scott Motors LLC where a garage went up in flames. It’s a scrap metal yard for cars. Now, that garage is burnt to a crisp – charred and falling apart.
“First thing I thought of was that it was fireworks at first because there were like small pops here and there,” the neighbor said. “But that particular boom, it shook the entire apartment.”
ORIGINAL STORY: Fire, garage explosion in Hillcrest neighborhood on Jacksonville’s Westside