Michigan home explosion leaves 1 dead, another in critical condition after being rescued by neighbors

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A Michigan house explosion early Tuesday left one person dead and one in critical condition, authorities said.

Authorities have not yet determined what caused the fire and explosion, which happened around 4 a.m. in Plainfield Township, north of Grand Rapids.

When authorities arrived, the home was destroyed and the debris was on fire, according to the Kent County Sheriff’s Office.


A burned vehicle among debris from a house explosion.
A burned vehicle lays among other debris after a house explosion in Comstock Park, Mich. on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP

One person was dead.

Two neighbors pulled a woman out of the home after hearing her yelling.


Aerial view of a house destroyed by an explosion, leaving charred debris and scattered wreckage in a residential area.
An aerial image shows the aftermath of an explosion that happened in Comstock Park, Mich. on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP

“I had to get in there and get her out,” one of the neighbors, Tim Johnson, told WOOD-TV.

He said they “grabbed her arms and pulled her out as far as we could.”

The woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

The blast shook Johnson’s house and he had second-degree burns on his head and a hand.

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