One Year Ago... AN EXPLOSION LEVELS LOCAL FARM

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It was a year ago this week that an explosion rattled the countryside south of Paynesville, Minnesota. A farm office/storage shed heated with liquid propane blew up with a shock wave that was felt over 20 miles away.

The building was located on the farm of Angie and Jason Mages, who were sleeping in their home that morning when the explosion occured at 6:30 am on Sunday, March 11th. The shock blew out all the windows in their home and sent sheetrock ceilings falling to the floor. Fortunately no one was hurt and the family escaped the personal disaster with just a few cuts and scrapes.

This video story combines photos and video taken that day. The story is told by a close relative to Jason and Angie, who captured the distruction atop a 100 foot grain elevator in the center of the farm yard. His tour of the farmsted will send chills down your spine as you witness the widespread damages and the blessing that the family survived the mega blast.