A Berwyn gas station exploded Thursday afternoon after a downed power line struck the site just moments after a storm rolled through the area.

An explosion leveled a gas station in Berwyn Thursday afternoon after two main gas lines ignited while crews responded to storm-related power outages and downed power lines, officials said.

A fire was raging Thursday afternoon at a gas station in the west Chicago suburb of Berwyn. A column of flames was spewing from the BP station at the northeast corner of Ogden and Oak Park avenues late in the afternoon.