We must have been a good thirty feet away from the burning house, but the next thing I knew I'm on the ground, blasted away by a ground crumbling explosion. My head pounded and my ears clogged up from the overbearing noise.
With my arms over my head, in the foetal position, and in shock, I peeked out at the wreckage. Smoke billowed into the sky, even more than before, and scattered bodies surrounded the space between me and the fire. I felt my heart quicken, gasping for breath and I checked I was in one piece.