An explosion of exploding

Mother just called asking if I have a wet-dry vac. It's not a usual request for her, but I grabbed the shop vac and headed over anyway.

When I got there, I discovered that her hot water tank was in the process of exploding, flooding the basement in the process! Yikes!

I got her set up with the shop vac, turned off the gas to the tank (she had already got the water shut off), and helped move a filing cabinet off the damp carpet.

Quite an exciting start to the week, I should say.