LAKEVILLE, Minn. – It could take the Lakeville Fire Marshal a week to find the cause and origin of a food truck explosion that damaged 11 homes and left three families displaced.
The power of this explosion shook homes and blasted out windows three hundred feet away from the truck.
Authorities said the blast could be felt and heard from Farmington, six miles away.
"A different time of the day could have been a very different story," said fire marshal Brian Carstensen. "We are very, very fortunate we have no injuries."
John and Kate Anderson were in the living room Friday night when the explosion sent shrapnel into their trees and the side of a food truck into their master bedroom window.
"The shock of it pushed nails out of the drywall," said Kate.
The couple spent the day talking with their insurance adjuster about the damage.
"It's boarded up and we are sort of displaced and camping out in the basement," said John.
The scene remained nearly untouched Monday -- food truck debris can be found six properties away.
Carstensen said it's unclear what caused the blast. He can't dig through the site until insurance adjusters are finished.
"It will be quite some time. All these parties have to come together and agree on a time we can all meet and then look at it together," said Carstensen.
Marty Richie, the owner of Motley Crews Heavy Metal Food Grill truck, declined an interview.
Records from the state health department show the truck was last inspected in August with routine inspections for the last few years.
"He's on the board of directors. He's an active member, and he's had a food truck for quite a while," said John Levy, president of the Minnesota Food Truck Association.
He says food trucks are inspected annually but mostly for food safety.
Other than the original inspection, gas
"Because it's so rare, I don't think that any increased inspection is going to change much, but we will communicate with the city and state authorities and see what they think," said Levy.
