House leveled by explosion in Guelph’s south end

There was an explosion at a home in the south end of the city of Guelph on Friday afternoon.

The blast occurred at a home on Southcreek Trail, in the area of Kortright and Edinburgh roads.

Guelph Fire Department Deputy Chief Steven Good told Global News that emergency services were called to the scene at 1:37 p.m.

He said firefighters found that the home was “completely destroyed” with debris being sent across the street and into neighbouring properties.

Good said two of the homes that were adjacent to the building were also damaged.

Around 30 homes in the area were evacuated with between 60 and 80 people being affected.

Guelph police said a woman was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.

They said the explosion may have been caused by a gas leak.

A neighbour told Global News she was quickly evacuated by police following the explosion.

“It was like an explosion and the whole house shook,” Diane McQuattie said.

“Ten minutes later, the police banged at the door to tell us to evacuate that there was an explosion at the house.”

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Another neighbour said he rushed home after his wife called him to tell him what had happened.

“She said it was like an earthquake. A big explosion,” Erick Li said.“Then she went out and she saw the house had exploded. It’s into pieces.”