Cause still under investigation

    The Yorkway community appears to be back to normal, but events got a little scary thanks to a fire in the 2600 block of Yorkway.
    One of the new Heritage Square homes under construction burned after an explosion on Thursday, May 16, after 12:30 p.m.
    Kentway resident Tabitha Fulton was outside her home when she heard the explosion and saw the damage.
    “You could hear a rumble, and the top floor fell through the bottom floor. All the smoke came out of the garage,” Fulton said.
    There was severe damage to the house, with debris flung as far as a few hundred feet from the site of the explosion.
    “You could see the flames shooting from the side of the house,” Fulton added.
    Fire crews arrived quickly and put out the fire within minutes of the 911 calls.
    Scattered reports claim that the explosion could be heard as far as Essex, but Yorkway resident Chris Ames [who is an Eagle proofreader] lives near the site and said she did not hear the rumble from her home.
    A tank in front of the house, apparently storing flammable gas, was undamaged.
    Baltimore County Fire Department spokesperson Elise Armacost said that no one was injured by the explosion and damage was estimated at $200,000. The fire is still under investigation.