Police: Bomb Planted Under Leavenworth Home

Police said someone planted a bomb under a Leavenworth house, causing an explosion and fire early Friday morning.

The explosion happened at about 2:15 a.m. at a home in the 1900 block of Second Avenue.

Two sisters, one of them pregnant, were inside the home at the time. The women, ages 19 and 20, were able to escape the house unharmed.

"I heard a big boom. I said, 'What do you think that is?'" neighbor Frank Minnis told KMBC's Jere Gish.

Police said someone put an explosive device in a crawl space under the house.

"It woke me up," neighbor Al Corbett said. "The whole front of the house just lit up."

Neighbors said they saw fireballs coming from the house and ran over to help the women escape.

"They were just really scared," neighbor Renee Logan, who hurt her hand on a window while trying to help the woman escape.

"They're friendly people. I can't see why anything would happen to them," one neighbor said.

"They're just average people -- they go to work every day and come home every day, that's it," another neighbor said.

"Clearly there was intent to do harm. Whether or not someone's actually being targeted, that's the focus of our investigation," Maj. Pat Kitchens said.

The home was seriously damaged. The sisters are staying elsewhere.

Police said there are people they want to question in the case, but no arrests have been made.

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