House explosion, lost luggage, smallest bar: Most read stories of the week
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A house explosion in Kitchener, a lost luggage saga for a Cambridge couple, and a small bar in Guelph round out the most read stories of the week.
Waterloo regional police say evidence "consistent with illicit drug production" has been seized from a Kitchener, Ont. home that exploded Wednesday night. Criminal charges are anticipated. Police said their drugs and firearms unit took over the investigation on Friday, and a search warrant was conducted at the house that day.
The explosion at a townhouse complex on Elm Ridge Drive sent four people to hospital and temporarily displaced several others in neighboring units that also sustained significant damage.
"I couldn’t have pieced together what it was in that moment," said Noah Brown, who lives across the hall from the unit where the explosion occurred. "I thought something had hit the roof."
While he’s since been allowed back into his home, he expects repairs will be needed.
"We’re probably going to have to gut the bathroom and anything in the basement. If it’s not completely smoke damaged, then it’s going to smell like plastic forever," said Brown.
He said it is concerning that the explosion is now being considered criminal.
"If it’s being investigated criminally, whatever happened in there, they shouldn’t have been doing. But the fact that was being done with two kids in the house, I’m sorry, but that’s not okay," said Brown.
