SAND SPRINGS, Okla. — One person is dead and another injured after a warehouse explosion in Sand Springs.
Sand Springs and Tulsa Fire Departments responded to an explosion at the Morrow-Gill Business Park on Lincoln Avenue in the early morning hours of Aug. 27.
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"A little after one o'clock this morning we got reports of an explosion," said Jeremy Wade, Sand Springs Fire Chief. "When they arrived, had a heavy amount of fire going on. We had a couple people that were in the building. One whose deceased and one who was rescued."
Police have not identified the two people impacted, nor the business that the explosion started in.
Sand Springs police said the explosion came from a marijuana grow house inside the warehouse, which houses up to 40 other businesses. The NAPA Auto Parts store next door was also heavily damaged.
"We believe it was some kind of a chemical reaction, might have been propane," said Deputy Chief Todd Enzbrenner. "This business was a extraction project where they extract THC for marijuana."
Enzbrenner said he believes all of the businesses have sustained some degree of damage.
Debris flew as far as Planet Fitness near Main Street, and first responders said the blast was powerful enough to be felt 30 miles away. New drone video shows the extent of the destruction at the scene.
A woman who lives near the scene described the moment she heard the blast.
"I was scared to death, I didn't know what had happened," she said. "The whole roof is blown off on half of that building. It looks like somebody peeled a banana."
Business owners in the complex say they are worried about their equipment and livelihoods. Josh Cordell of Americore Lawn Care described the moment he learned about the explosion.
"The one night I slept through the night, I had 40 missed calls from my buddy and I instantly woke up literally just shaking because that's my life in there," he said. "It's definitely scary because you could have been there when it happened."
For those like Cordell who have business or property inside the warehouses at Morrow-Gill, Enzbrenner asks they hang tight.
“We’ll have officers here overnight and into tomorrow making sure people’s property is safe," said Enzbrenner. "We would request that people who have property in these buildings that want to get them out don’t come down here because we’re not gonna let you in. The buildings are not safe to be in.”
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations is leading the investigation, with a number of other agencies assisting including the ATF and State Fire Marshal.
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