A big ice chunk fell from the sky and hit a home in Massachusetts, damaging the roof of the house, the home-owner stated.
Jeff Ilg stated he and his spouse, Amelia Rainville, suspect the ice fell off an airplane travelling to Boston Logan International Airport.
Neither the couple nor their two kids have been damage when the ice chunk, which Ilg stated was initially estimated to be six to 9 kilograms, hit the roof on Sunday evening.
“We heard an explosion, basically,” he stated 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 Federal Aviation Administration said it’s investigating.
The couple ran upstairs to check on their children, who were sound asleep despite the noise.
They then ran around the house to see what happened and then outside where Ilg said he saw a giant partial block of ice on the back step, and debris scattered around the backyard and on the roof.
“I had no idea what this was,” he stated.
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 45 to 60 centimetres in diameter, he said, but the damage to the inside was bigger.
Ilg and his spouse collected 10 kilos (4 kilograms) of ice in luggage however there was lots extra to gather, he stated.
Source: www.9news.com.au
