This morning, a storage facility in Rapho municipal, Lancaster County, burst, causing damage to surrounding residences and another municipal structure.

Fortunately, no one was wounded, Rapho Township Supervisor Jere Swarr told WGAL this morning.

A worker entering the premises this morning noticed that a heater had fallen out of the ceiling after smelling gas. The employee took no action that might have ignited a spark, such as turning on any lights.

The Rapho Township offices, located on the 900 block of North Colebrook Road, received the initial report of the leak at 5:49 a.m.

Dispatchers reported that an explosion occurred around 10 minutes later in the township’s shop, which houses its road crews. The main township office building and the store are located on the same plot of land.

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The primary storage building was completely destroyed when the propane caught fire. Swarr remarked that it appeared as though a bomb had been dropped there.

The demolished structure was used to store a variety of road maintenance equipment, including backhoes, snow ploughs, dump trucks, and more. The cost of the damage is probably in the millions.

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According to Swarr, the office and conference facility in the Rapho Township building suffered serious damage. The storage facility is 150 feet away from that structure.

According to reports, flying debris damaged some dwellings.

As of 7 a.m., a fire caused by the explosion has been upgraded to a second alarm. Fire crews from Dauphin, Lebanon, and Lancaster counties are reportedly staging there, according to dispatch. The fire’s thick, black smoke can be seen for kilometers.

Because there are no fire hydrants close to the explosion, according to dispatch, tankers had to be brought in.