EUSTIS, Fla. – Surveillance video from a nearby business showed the moment an explosion happened Thursday at a Eustis jewelry store, sending one woman to the hospital.

The explosion happened at Darklyn Inc, a shop specializing in jewelry, rocks and gemstones.

The surveillance video showed the windows break out before a fireball erupted toward the sky.

Eustis Fire Chief Michael Swanson said the building was occupied by a “longtime business owner” and that the building was a “total loss.”

“We really don’t know what actually caused this incident, other than we did have an active gas leak in front of the building. It was not inside the building,” he said during a news conference.

Swanson said the gas leak was discovered during utility work and that buildings immediately around the gas

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