STERLING, Va. — A community is coming together to help raise money for a woman who lost everything in a Sterling house explosion Friday night.
So far, over $40,000 has been raised for Kelley Woods through a GoFundMe after she lost her home and everything in it due to an explosion resulting from a gas leak at her home.
One Sterling volunteer firefighter, Trevor Brown, has died and three other firefighters are still in the hospital as a result of the house explosion.
"We lost a family member," Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Chief Keith Johnson said.
Just after 7:30 p.m. Friday night, multiple fire crews responded to reports of a gas odor at a home on Silver Ridge Drive.
Fire crews found an underground 500-gallon propane tank leaking into another house, also on Silver Ridge Drive. Then, at 8:25 p.m., there was an explosion.
People near and far felt the impact.
"It felt like the whole house was shaking," Maria Roderiguez said, a resident in the neighborhood for 16 years.
"It definitely felt like and sounded like a big boom," neighbor Elizabeth Campbell said.
The two people and pets inside the home were evacuated beforehand. Brown died on scene. Ten other firefighters were taken to local hospitals. The woman, later identified as Kelley Woods, inside that home walked away with minor injures.
"We saved her," Johnson said. "So our folks did their job. They showed up and they did what they had to do."
Anyone who wants to donate to help Woods get back on her feet can do so by visiting her GoFundMe page.
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