So I told him the whole story from the explosion on.

"How much more time have we to find some way to save us from the big explosion?"

I thought it must have been gas from the explosion.

The light from the explosion was so bright that he had to close his eyes.

Having heard no sound from an explosion, Green and his officers were surprised at the news.

This indicated that the energy came from a single explosion.

The three friends felt a blast of heat from the explosion.

Hospital officials and the police said the injuries from the explosion seemed light.

Their fire chief felt the ground shake from the explosion.

"You seem to have recovered from the explosion last week."