House Explosion at the 26-mile mark of the Lake of the Ozarks

The explosion occurred at 11:16 a.m., February 23, 2010.

Here's the location of the explosion:

Here's a wide-angle photo, taken at approximately 11:40 a.m..  The house is completely destroyed.  Pieces of it can be seen on the shoreline.  A Water Patrol boat is on the scene in the lower right of the photo.

Here's a closer view, taken at approximately the same time:

VIDEO:

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KSPR-TV asked for the footage, and I quickly prepared about a minute of video for them.  I didn't have time to put the video footage in a format that would result in a much smaller file size suitable for this website.  So, for the moment, what I submitted to them is the only footage available.  I'll try to make a smaller, more user-friendly version available at some point to post on this website's Videos page.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!  The video file is in QuickTime format, which normally has a .mov extension.  Your browser will not allow you to directly download a .mov file.  However, your browser WILL allow you to download a file with a .doc extension.  So, I'm fooling your browser by changing the extension of the file from .mov to .doc.  AFTER DOWNLOADING THE VIDEO TO YOUR COMPUTER, THE FIRST STEP YOU NEED TO TAKE IS TO SIMPLY CHANGE THE EXTENSION FROM .doc TO .mov    You may get a warning that changing the extension may make the file unusable, but ignore the warning.  QuickTime will open and play the file once you've changed the extension to .mov 

OK, here's the file:

http://www.gojim.tv/House_Explosion/House_Explosion-QuickTime_H.264.doc

If you have any technical problems, let me know and I'll try to help you.

Jim Glickert
jim@gojim.tv