Police Dash Cam Captures New Jersey House Exploding in Blast That Injured 15

— -- A police car's dashboard camera captured a massive explosion that blew a house to smithereens and reportedly injured 15 people, two critically, in Stafford Township, New Jersey.

The explosion occurred at 10:32 a.m. as workers were trying to locate the source of a leak that filled the neighborhood with the smell of gas, and many of the injured were gas company workers and emergency responders, The Associated Press and ABC News station WPVI reported.

Area homes were being evacuated around the time of the explosion, according to the Stafford Township Police Twitter page.

Stafford Township Police did not immediately respond to a request for further comment.