STRATHMORE, Alta. -- An Alberta man woke up to sound of an explosion as a set of dual wheels off a semi truck flew through his front door and landed in his kitchen, according to a report from The Huffington Post.
The tires came off of a tractor-trailer unit north on Highway 24 just outside the town east of Calgary at about 6 a.m.
Bill Oriold climbed out of bed, smelled burning smoke and said he thought his furnace must have blown up.
"You could smell the heat off them," he said in the Huffington report.
Oriold said the tires shot about a half a kilometre through a neighbour's fence before busting down his door.
The 180-kilogram wheels caused about $40,000 in structural damage to the home, and four firefighters had to carry them out of the house.
Oriold said RCMP told him the truck driver made it to Edmonton before realizing the tires were missing.
Oriold’s wife and 16-year-old granddaughter were not hurt.