Explosion Rocks Camden County Neighborhood During Overnight Hours Tuesday

Dan Koob reports.

PHILLY AND CONTINUOUSLY UPDATINGCBSPHILLY.COM WITH THE VERYLATEST INFORMATION.NOW TO AN EXPLOSION THATROCKED A CAMDEN TOWN TEENEIGHBORHOOD OVERNIGHT.THAT'S RIGHT.SOME PEOPLE WERE FORCED TOEVACUATE AFTER THE BLAST ASPHALTMIXING PLANT.OUR DAN KOOB HAS THE STORY FROMGLOUCESTER CITY.Reporter: IT TOOK THREE ORFOUR HOURS FOR GLOUCESTER CITYFIRE AND OTHER RESPONDING UNITSTO GET THIS ASPHALT TANKER UNDERCONTROL AS IT THROUGH FIRE,SMOKE AND FUMES INTO THE NIGHTSKY.AT THIS POINT WE KNOW IT'SROUTINE BUSINESS FOR THE COMPANYTO OFF LOAD PRODUCT FROM ONETANK INTO ANOTHER.BUT AS I SAID, WE REALLY DON'TKNOW WHAT CAUSED IT AT THISPOINT.Reporter: FIRE EXPLODEDAROUND 1:00 A.M.

AT BLUE KNIGHTENERGY IN GLOUCESTER CITY.OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE WASCONTAINED TO THE ONE UNIT BUTTHE ASPHALT INSIDE THE TANKBURNED FOR HOURS.SMOLDERING INSIDE.SPEWING FLAMES INTO THE AIRBLOWING WEST TOWARDS SOUTHPHILLY.FIRE OFFICIALS TELL US THE FUMESWERE EXTINGUISHED ALONG WITH THEFLAMES.ROUGH NIGHT.A ROUGH NIGHT.HOPEFULLY IT GETS BETTER TODAY.Reporter: DAYLIGHT REVEALSTHE DAMAGE FROM CHOPPER THREE.TWISTED AND MELTED METAL.THE PLANT'S PROXIMITY TO HOMESAND BUSINESSES PROMPTED MULTIPLEFAMILIES TO BE EVACUATED OUT OFPRECAUTION.JUST ALLOWED NOISE AND YOUFELT THE HOUSE SHOOK AND WE LOOKOUT THE WINDOW AND SAW THE SMOKEAND THE FIRE.THE WHOLE HOUSE SHOOK.WE CAME OUTSIDE AND LOOKED OVERYOU COULD SEE FROM THAT PARKINGLOT ALL THE SMOKE ANDEVERYTHING.AND THEN ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATERTHE POLICE CAME AND TOLD US WEHAD TO EVACUATE.Reporter: KATHY GEYSER'SSON HEARD THE RUMBLE AND GRABBEDHIS MOST PRIZED POSSESSION.HIS GOLDY.THEY'RE BRAND NEW.KEN TUBS HELPED THE FIREFIGHT.