‘Final Destination…’: Box truck explosion in Illinois caught on camera, leaves homes damaged and Internet shaken

The dramatic moment was captured on a nearby home security camera and has since gone viral on social media, racking up millions of views.

The impact of the blast was significant — four homes were damaged, and one was deemed temporarily unsafe to live in. One of the truck’s walls was hurled straight into a house, smashing into a load-bearing wall and pushing it inward by several feet. Addison Fire Protection District Chief Brock Herion said the homeowners “kind of described it as an earthquake, and then a tree falling on their house”.

Watch the video:

A truck explosion in Chicago was captured by a home security camera

The driver survived and police said the cause may have been a propane tank leak
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Online, the footage left viewers stunned. One person tweeted, “yea I’m not driving my car for the rest of the year,” while another wrote, “Sheeesh. I’d never go near a propane tank ever again.”

A third user shared, “Ive seen a real propane tank leak explode before and it was like a bomb went off it was a house one street across from me and it was so bad my windows shook from like a football fields length away.”

A fourth individual wrote, “Final Destination promo is getting more and more insane,” while a fifth user wrote, “ever since final destination bloodlines came out, things have been getting a lil bit too real.”