6-foot long metal cylinder crashes into New Jersey home after flying through the air
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Jersey City, N.J., home was left damaged Friday after a cylinder that reportedly came from a nearby scrapyard tore through one of its walls. (Fox5NY)
A New Jersey community was stunned after a 6-foot long cylinder was sent flying through the air like a missile, tearing through the wall of a home.
The unlikely projectile in Jersey City had been filled with either compressed gas or air and came from a scrapyard hundreds of yards away, according to Fox5NY.
“I started to cry because this never happened in my life,” Nouha Jellouli, the woman whose apartment was struck, told the station.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Damage inside Nouha Jellouli's home. (Fox5NY)
Video footage of her home – taken after the cylinder pierced one of its exterior cinderblock walls on Friday – showed debris scattered everywhere and a stove covered in dust.
“That boom was unbelievable, I never experienced anything like this in my life,” one of her neighbors told Fox5NY.
Jellouli said she received a call from her landlord Friday morning who told her that there was an explosion at her house.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}No one was reported to be injured in the incident and Jersey City police say they are investigating how the cylinder ended up inside the home.