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one victim identified as 36-year-old clay metzger suffered serious burns and remains at lehigh valley hospital in critical but stable condition. a neighbor who didn't wander to be identified says it was obvious right away that metzger's injuries were quite serious. >> the neighbor was spraying a lows on to him because his skin was -- it was coming off. he was -- it was so bad. >> reporter: the other victim is being treated for a laceration to the face and is expected to fully recover. meanwhile investigators are still pouring through the rubble to figure out how this happened. >> we have special lift here from elizabethtown gas in georgia and we also have our detectives sifting through the rubble to find the causism meanwhile at least one of the neighboring homes may also have to come down. investigators are still not sure yet. also two dogs were injured in the blast. they're being treated for burns. in fact one was burned seriously. once again still no word how this happened but several neighbors reported to police that there was an odor of gas in the neighborhood before the explosio
one victim identified as 36-year-old clay metzger suffered serious burns and remains at lehigh valley hospital in critical but stable condition. a neighbor who didn't wander to be identified says it was obvious right away that metzger's injuries were quite serious. >> the neighbor was spraying a lows on to him because his skin was -- it was coming off. he was -- it was so bad. >> reporter: the other victim is being treated for a laceration to the face and is expected to fully...
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one victim identified as 36-year-old clay metzger suffered serious burns and remains in critical but stable condition at lehigh valley hospital. a neighbor who didn't want to be identified says it was obvious right away that metzger was badly injured. >> the neighbor was spraying a hose on him because his skin was -- it was coming off. he was -- it was so bad. >> reporter: the other person injured suffered a laceration to the face but that victim is expected to fully recover. meanwhile the question that lingers is, how did this happen. >> we have a specialist here from elizabethtown gas, pardon me, in georgia and we also have our detectives sifting through the rubble to find the cause. >> reporter: back out live on the scene here, at least one of the neighboring homes may still have to come down. investigators are still not sure yet. also, two dogs were injured in the blast. they're being treated for burns. in fact one was burned seriously. once again still no word how this happened but several neighbors reported to police that there was an odor of gas in the neighborhood before the
one victim identified as 36-year-old clay metzger suffered serious burns and remains in critical but stable condition at lehigh valley hospital. a neighbor who didn't want to be identified says it was obvious right away that metzger was badly injured. >> the neighbor was spraying a hose on him because his skin was -- it was coming off. he was -- it was so bad. >> reporter: the other person injured suffered a laceration to the face but that victim is expected to fully recover....
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. >> reporter: surveillance cameras on lewis metzger's home captured the sudden impact.f control car plowed through his fence and through his backyard. >> it sounded like anec mroegz. >> reporter: just after midnight the family was jarred from their had taken all, but one posts. >> we could have been in the pool. we were in the pool earlier. you never know. >> stumbling out of the mangled car, a driver neighbors say wreaked of alcohol who offered to pay for the damage and begged them not to call police, but it was a little too late. lewis mester is an nypd officer. >> he was moving around crazy and he couldn't stand still and couldn't keep his balance. >> even though he couldn't imagine this could happen he always feared it could because of the speed of cars racing down this road behind this house. you can hear some of them right now. >> i've lived here eight to ten years and at least five times the cars land in the lot. >> that's the empty loot rigt r next to his house. he and his family put in a request for a guardrail. >> that driver was obviously drunk and was arrest
. >> reporter: surveillance cameras on lewis metzger's home captured the sudden impact.f control car plowed through his fence and through his backyard. >> it sounded like anec mroegz. >> reporter: just after midnight the family was jarred from their had taken all, but one posts. >> we could have been in the pool. we were in the pool earlier. you never know. >> stumbling out of the mangled car, a driver neighbors say wreaked of alcohol who offered to pay for the...
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. >> reporter: the recall allows for a full or partial refund but jenn metzger who opens baby proofing company in our area says she hopes the recall doesn't give parents a false sense of security. >> it's not just those pieces of ikea furniture. you can't see the safety information and think i don't have that dresser. i'm okay. it's something that you know everybody should learn about and take preventive steps. >> mr. felled ran represents several families including his family who have come forward after realizing they weren't the only ones experiencing this problem. jackie could have grieved privately and buried her son and not done anything more to bring attention to this matter. but she was courageous enough to take it upon herself to let everyone know what happened to her. >> reporter: now if you're in need of recall or additional safety information, you can go to ikea.com and submit your requests. i tried calling toll free number throughout the day and found the line consistently busy. so it may take some persistence but they say that eventually it will pay off. iain, back to you.
. >> reporter: the recall allows for a full or partial refund but jenn metzger who opens baby proofing company in our area says she hopes the recall doesn't give parents a false sense of security. >> it's not just those pieces of ikea furniture. you can't see the safety information and think i don't have that dresser. i'm okay. it's something that you know everybody should learn about and take preventive steps. >> mr. felled ran represents several families including his family...