An enormous Ice Chunk fell from the sky and hit a home within the US state of Massachusetts on Sunday, damaging the roof of the house, New York Publish reported.

Owners Jeff Ilg and his spouse, Amelia Rainville, imagine that the piece of ice fell from an airplane touring to Boston Logan Worldwide Airport. The ice chunk, estimated to be 15 to twenty kilos, fortunately did not the couple or their two kids. 

“We heard an explosion, mainly. The loudest pop, bang I’ve ever heard,” Mr ILg mentioned. 

After they heard the loud bang, they hurried upstairs to test on their kids, who had been drowsing regardless of the noise. They then ran round the home to search out out what occurred. Mr Ilg mentioned he noticed a large partial block of ice on the again step, and particles scattered across the yard and on the roof.

”I had no concept what this was. It was exhausting to wrap my head round it. There wasn’t a cloud within the sky,” Ilg informed Boston 25 Information.

As a result of it was night time, he could not precisely see the harm to his dwelling. In the meantime, his spouse known as the police after which he noticed a gap within the roof. He ran as much as the attic to see if there was a gap.

The influence on the surface was about 18 inches to 2 toes in diameter, he mentioned, however the harm to the within was larger.

Mr. Ilg and his spouse gathered about 10 kilos of the ice in baggage, however there was nonetheless much more of it round. 

The Federal Aviation Administration is at the moment investigating the incident.

The most important hailstone on file within the U.S. – just below 2 kilos and eight inches in diameter – fell in Vivian, South Dakota, in 2010, in keeping with Climate.com.