\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSome residents in Oakland, Maine, are shaken after a home explosion on Thanksgiving that caused damage to nearby homes and left a middle-aged man hospitalized. Fire officials said the man was taken to a hospital before being airlifted to Maine Medical Center, though his condition is not known.>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <> Subscribe to WMUR’s YouTube channel <<\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Some residents in Oakland, Maine, are shaken after a home explosion on Thanksgiving that caused damage to nearby homes and left a middle-aged man hospitalized. <\/p>\n
Fire officials said the man was taken to a hospital before being airlifted to Maine Medical Center, though his condition is not known.<\/p>\n
>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple<\/a> | Google Play<\/a> <<<\/p>\n Officials reported that the explosion also damaged homes on either side of the affected property and resulted in power outages for more than 20 homes. <\/p>\n “The moment I leaned on the window the air pressure changed and I saw the window to my house like suck inwards then there was a loud bang through the air and everything on my wall fell to the ground and I look to my right and I saw what I believed to be someone’s couch like 60 feet up in the air and it was really scary I had no time to think I just ran down without shoes on to see if I could help,” said neighbor Dylan Inman.<\/p>\n The cause of the explosion is unknown, and the name of the injured man has not been released.<\/p>\n