JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- After hearing the results of a home explosion investigation, Bennie Wyatt asked if she should be scared.
Wyatt lives near where a Jeffersonville home exploded a week ago. The explosion and fire sent five people to the hospital with serious injuries. All are still being treated and one is on a ventilator.
On Friday, the Jeffersonville Fire Department said investigators determined the cause of the explosion was from a gas leak inside the house. It's the same cause cited in a fatal home explosion in 2019, just feet away from the recent incident.
"I think that we live in a danger zone, if it was the same thing of what happened in 2019," Wyatt said.
Wyatt joined other neighbors in the area who immediately noted the coincidence. They spoke about how different the two explosions were.
"In 2019, it felt like we were being bombed," Wyatt said. "Things flew off of my wall. The ceiling fan broke loose and landed on me in bed."
Wyatt's home was rocked from the 2019 explosion, receiving a lot of damage and continues to have problems because of it. This time, soot remains on the side of her home and her roof shingles are damaged.
The recent explosion has also caused the main resident of the completely damaged home to be displaced. The man is a close family friend of Wyatt, and was not in his home when it exploded. She said she's been in contact with him and sending him her sympathies. He's currently living with a friend, but has lost everything.
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"I want them to get down to the root of the problem. What's going on?" Wyatt questioned. "I don't want to see anyone else lose their home or anything...There's got to be a reason that these are happening and it just needs to be addressed."
Wyatt said she had heard an engineer point to the continuous development in the area overwhelming the old line as new buildings are added.
For some neighbors, the results of the fire department's investigation aren't enough and they call on the city to take action.
WHAS11 reached out to Jeffersonville Fire and Mayor Mike Moore to ease those concerns. Both declined to comment.
As of Friday evening, a sign was posted on the fence of the damaged property on Washington Way. It states that a "joint study [is] in progress by National Fire Experts." This is a private company, providing a second set of eyes on the explosion.
WHAS11 also reached out to the company to ask who requested it to investigate the property and for what reason. As of publishing, there has been no response.
Jeffersonville Fire also told WHAS11 about the process of reporting a gas leak to CenterPoint.
Officials said the company will visit, shut the line off and ask for professional to be called in to make repairs if a report is made.
Then, once proof of the repairs is provided to CenterPoint, the line will be turned back on.
In most cases, CenterPoint prefers 911 to be called. The fire department will follow these steps and ask for a utility tech to respond.