Edison Natural Gas Explosion - Durham Woods

Fucking huge explosion.. I'm planning on blowing 80 liters of gasoline.. (i live in Venezuela.. so 80 litres of gas is like 5 bucks or sumthin') my question would be... how far should I be? (i0m goin to detonate it with a RC detonator)...

I lived at Durham Woods when this explosion occurred. Fortunately, I was driving home from Avenel when my friend Scott and I saw the blaze from Route 1. At first, weI thought Menlo Park Mall was on fire, but as I got closer to home I could see it was definitely Durham Woods. Luckily, the apartment building I lived in was far enough away from the blaze and did not incur any damage. I lived at the complex for another year without further incident.

my dad is a cop and he was there helpin people evac and also makin sure no one was robbing the houses

I remember actually hearing that explosion as a kid and it scaring the shit out of me. We were reasonably far away from the fire, but close enough to hear it and see the sky glowing. At the time I was entirely convinced that someone had nuked us or some such and was totally freaked.

dayum son!! that's a fire!! xD

It doesn't take long to forget.

I remember watching this from the top of the RWJ parking garage in New Brunswick. A friend named his band "Edison's Burning" after this. It was unbelievable to watch.

Did anyone die?

From what I remember, 1 person, but it was from a heart attack.