Neighbors in Portland, Oregon were enjoying a quiet Christmas Eve when suddenly they heard a loud bang. Mike Powers looked out his window and saw another vehicle had crashed into his neighbor’s home. Though, this time, the car struck a natural gas line, causing a loud explosion and a near-instant fire.

“It sounded like a bomb went off,” Powers told KGW. “Huge flames were just pouring out from that house.”

Another neighbor told the outlet she felt the heat through her bathroom window, and Powers said the blast blew out his windows on his third story. The explosion’s heat and intensity had to do with what the vehicle hit.

“When the car struck the gas meter, the gas was naturally flowing from the underground line through the vehicle,” said Rick Graves, a public information officer for the Fire and Rescue department. “Flames were being deflected by the vehicle, so the entire house appeared like it was on fire.”

Thankfully, his inspection determined the car took the brunt of the damage. The fire burned the house’s exterior but did not damage its structure.

The crash and fire did not surprise the homeowner or his wife. They told reporters this was the 30th car to crash into their home, thanks to the strange design of their street. Their home is on a corner, and vehicles turn the corner too fast, hop the curb, and end up in their living room.

Portland won’t do anything about it, either

The homeowner said after the 29th car, they’ve stopped counting. The city has taken no action to install infrastructure or signage despite receiving four to five complaints aimed at preventing another crash.

The homeowner’s neighbors, like Mike Powers and a few others, have all complained to the city in vain.

“One of the responses was that more signs would just confuse drivers and that they wouldn’t help, so, I don’t really know,” she said.

Nels Pierson, another neighbor, says it’s important to keep trying.

“I think what’s most important here is neighbors come together and organize around the intersection,” he said. “I know people have been fighting long and hard to change the roadway design, and this is the moment we need to do it.”