The gas station market on Ogden and Oak Park avenues exploded into flames as high as 20 feet and was destroyed, according to witnesses. No one was injured in the afternoon blast, said Berwyn Ald. Micah Caldwell, 1st. The fire had been contained by Thursday evening, but was not extinguished.

Berwyn firefighters immediately began fire suppression efforts ... It was natural gas, not gasoline, that was responsible for the explosion. The gasoline pumps and the roof over them remained intact. The windows also blew out in nearby buildings.