The truck explosion spread debris over a large area and caused extensive damage to cars parked a half-block away, with their roofs catching on fire from the burning gasoline.[27] It injured several others and mortally wounded postmaster Glenn O. Smith, who lost a leg and died before making it to the hospital.[27][28] O. H. Bush recalled that one of his crew bound up "the wounds of Glenn Smith, the postmaster. His leg had been blown off."[4]