Car Explodes in front of my House

My wife called me at work today and told me that there was a car accident in front of our house and one car was engulfed in flames.

From my speculation the car that burst into flames was turning onto a side street when a mini-van plowed into the back of him at full speed.  This pushed him into our lawn and at the same time the gas tank exploded.

My wife said the guy flew out of the car and stop dropped and rolled on the ground.  He got up and walked away.  He was very lucky he got out when he did a few more seconds he would of died.

When I got home tonight the local telephone company had a truck on our lawn fixing the lines as I guess they had melted or had some heat damage...but I looked at the grass and it's all burned up.  Even the street sign on the corner was burned  it's black and you can't read it.

As I was looking at the grass and the damage a woman gets out of her car and walks over to me.  Turns out she is the wife of the guys that jumped out of the car...she was looking for the guys that helped her husband.  She told me and my wife that he was ok but badly burned on his neck, chest, legs and feet.  As I looked at her she looked familiar and it dawned on me later after I left to take Brandon to baseball practice that she was from our church.  My wife confirmed that when I got home.

Any way here are some pictures from the accident my wife took with her camera phone.

This was taken as the fire was being battled...it was much worse before this.




Fire is out but there is nothing left of the car.




You can see the street sign in this picture and it is pitch black.