A house in the city of Arlington, Virginia, less than 6 miles (10 kilometers) south of the US capital, burst into flames on Monday evening as police attempted to search the property.

The Arlington County Police Department reported on its X Platform account, formerly known as Twitter, that several officers responded to the scene to investigate a suspect who fired a flare gun from inside the home.

The suspect refused to cooperate and allowed the officers to enter and shot several times “into the house”, as the police described in X. Later, around 8 p.m. local time, the house exploded.

In a video circulating on social networks, you can hear and see the loud explosion and how the house goes up in flames after the explosion.

Some of the officers present were “slightly injured” and none of them had to be taken to hospital, the police found in X.

“Officers continue to investigate the circumstances of the explosion,” the statement published on the platform said. (JO)