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Residents of the Thurston area of Springfield reported feeling the neighborhood shake as they were startled by the sound of an explosion shortly before 4 p.m. Monday.

"I was inside with my daughters. There was a huge exploding noise. It caused the houses on the area to shake," said Eve Kuha, who lives on 56th Street. "I immediately told my daughter's to stay inside while i went outside to see where it came from. My neighbors all came outside from their homes as well."

Kuha said she looked up and didn't see any jets - and that the boom didn't sound like a jet to her.


"I texted my husband. He was at the 7/11 on Main in Thurston. He stated he heard it as well and the sound came from the West of us," Kuha said. "So I don't know what to think. May be nothing but I doubt it by how loud and intense the sound and movement was."

There's no official word yet on the source of the explosion.

The Eugene-Springfield Fire Department had no idea what caused what residents saw and heard Monday.