A large ice chunk fell from the sky and hit a house in Massachusetts on Sunday, damaging the roof of the home
This Monday, Aug. 14, 2023 photo provided by Jeff Ilg shows a hammer near damage to his home, in Shirley, Mass., where a chunk of ice landed on the roof late Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. Ilg said he and his wife suspect the ice fell off an airplane traveling to Boston Logan International Airport. The couple and their two children were not hurt when the ice chunk, estimated to be 15 to 20 pounds , hit the roof Sunday.
Jeff Ilg said he and his wife, Amelia Rainville, suspect the ice fell off an airplane traveling to Boston Logan International Airport. Neither the couple nor their two children were hurt when the ice chunk, which Ilg said was initially estimated to be 15 to 20 pounds , hit the roof on Sunday night. “We heard an explosion, basically,” he said on Thursday. “The loudest pop, bang I’ve ever heard." Then they heard debris rolling down the roof onto a lower roof, he said. Initially it was thought the house was struck by lightning.The couple ran upstairs to check on their children, who were sound asleep despite the noise.
“I had no idea what this was,” he said. He grabbed a flashlight and started looking for damage but couldn't see any at first. His wife called police and then he spotted hole in the roof. He ran up to the attic to see if there was a hole. “Sure enough it was in there and it was big,” Ilg said. The impact on the outside was about 18 inches to two feet in diameter, he said, but the damage to the inside was bigger.Top Stories
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