'We Heard An Explosion': Huge Chunk Of Ice Falls From Sky, Damages Property In US
A chunk of ice estimated to weigh 15 to 20 pounds (7-10 kgs) fell from the sky on Sunday night, hitting a house in Massachusetts in the US.
Resident Jeff Ilg told The Associated Press it damaged the roof of their home in Shirley.?He and his wife, Amelia Rainville, guessed the ice fell off an airplane traveling to Boston Logan International Airport.?Neither the couple nor their two children were hurt when the ice chunk, hit the roof on Sunday night.
What happened?
¡°We heard an explosion, basically,¡± he said on Thursday. ¡°The loudest pop, bang I¡¯ve ever heard." Then they heard debris rolling down the roof onto a lower roof, he said.
The couple ran upstairs to check on their children, who were sound asleep despite the noise. They then ran around the house to see what happened and then outside where Ilg said he saw a giant partial block of ice on the back step, and debris scattered around the backyard and on the roof.
¡°I had no idea what this was,¡± he said. He grabbed a flashlight and started looking for damage but couldn¡¯t see any at first. His wife called police and then he spotted hole in the roof. He ran up to the attic to see if there was a hole.
¡°Sure enough it was in there and it was big,¡± Ilg said. The impact on the outside was about 18 inches to two feet (45 to 60 centimeters) in diameter, he said, but the damage to the inside was bigger.
FAA investigation on
Meanwhile, his wife called the police and then he spotted a hole in the roof. He ran up to the attic to see if there was a hole.?Ilg and his wife gathered about 10 pounds of the ice in bags, but there was still a lot more of it around.
The Federal Aviation Administration is currently investigating the incident.
The biggest hailstone on record in the U.S. ¨C just under 2 pounds and 8 inches in diameter ¨C fell in Vivian, South Dakota, in 2010, according to Weather.com.
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