# What happened in the Herriman explosion? > A 2025 crash into a strip mall caused a gas leak and an explosion at 13400 South. Everyone was pulled out first, and the center has been rebuilding since. - Author: Kelsey Earl, Realtor, Keller Williams South Valley - Location: Herriman, Utah - Section: The Herriman Insider - Published: 2026-10-28 - Canonical: https://homesbykelseyut.com/blog/what-happened-in-the-herriman-explosion - Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpTprfCSDBc - Contact: 801-419-8917 ยท Kelsey.earl@kw.com --- **Quick answer:** A three-vehicle crash drove into a Herriman strip mall at 13400 South near 5200 West on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Police cited a resulting gas leak as the cause of the explosion. Everyone in the vehicles was pulled out of the building before it blew. Three people were injured. --- A crash into a Herriman strip mall caused a gas leak and then an explosion on Saturday, July 5, 2025. It happened at 13400 South near 5200 West. FOX 13 reported it as a three-vehicle crash into the strip mall, and police cited a gas leak, capped by crews later that night, as what caused the explosion that followed. The detail that matters most: everyone in the vehicles was pulled out of the building before it blew. Three people were injured and taken to hospitals, and no deaths were reported. Residents inside a one-mile radius were evacuated, and 13400 South closed in both directions overnight for cleanup (FOX 13, published July 6, 2025). ### Why people are still searching for this Two reasons, and both come up with buyers. The first is simply that it was dramatic and local, and people who were not here then hear about it and want the facts rather than the version that has been passed around. The second is more practical. Buyers looking at Herriman sometimes encounter a half-remembered story about an explosion and want to know whether it says something about the area. It does not. It was a vehicle crash that severed a gas line, which is an accident rather than a characteristic of a place. ### What has happened since Jimmy John's, Supercuts and Domino's all took heavy damage. Jimmy John's reopened on Thursday, October 8, 2026, **fifteen months, not the twelve people tend to assume.** Owner Debbie Merrill has had that location since 2014 and told FOX 13 it was "such a huge relief" (FOX 13, published October 8, 2026). There has been no reporting yet on whether Domino's or Supercuts are coming back. Fifteen months is a long time to decide to rebuild the same building on the same spot. Somebody chose to come back, and that is the part of this story worth more than the explosion. ## What this means if you are buying in Herriman Honestly, very little about the incident itself. Three things are worth taking from it though. **Retail timelines are long.** If part of what draws you to an area is a commercial center, check what is actually open rather than what is announced or being rebuilt. [What is being built at Herriman Towne Center](/blog/what-is-being-built-at-herriman-towne-center) covers the development that has been changing the city's retail picture, and [whether Herriman is getting a Target](/blog/is-herriman-getting-a-target) covers the anchor people ask about most. **Approved is not open.** The same principle that applies to a rebuild applies to new development. A construction fence is not a promise about your weekly errands. **Gas lines are everywhere and this was an accident.** Nothing about the event indicates a pattern. If you want to understand genuine local risk factors, [whether Herriman floods](/blog/does-herriman-flood) and [whether wildfire is a risk for homes in Herriman](/blog/is-wildfire-a-risk-for-homes-in-herriman-utah) are the two worth actually reading. ## Herriman's growth, in context The reason the city comes up in conversation so often is not incidents. It is pace. Herriman has been one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, and that produces both the retail arriving and the construction everywhere. [Why everyone is moving to Herriman](/blog/why-is-everyone-moving-to-herriman-utah) covers the drivers, and [whether Herriman's growth will hurt resale value](/blog/will-herrimans-growth-hurt-resale-value) covers the question owners actually worry about. If you are weighing the city itself rather than one event, [whether Herriman is a good place to live](/blog/is-herriman-utah-a-good-place-to-live) is the broader piece, and [what no one tells you about moving to Herriman](/blog/what-no-one-tells-you-about-moving-to-herriman) is the less flattering half. ## Checking a specific address If something like this is on your mind for a particular house, there is a concrete thing to do rather than worry. Ask the city what is approved and what is in review near the address. That covers commercial development, road work and anything else planned nearby. [How to find out what will be built next to a house](/blog/how-do-i-find-out-what-will-be-built-next-to-a-house-in-herriman) is the process, and it is a free phone call. For utilities specifically, the provider can tell you what runs near a parcel. That is a more useful question than any general anxiety about infrastructure. ## Does something like this affect property values The question underneath the searching, so here is the straight answer. **Not in the way people fear.** A one-off accident at a commercial property does not change what houses nearby are worth. Buyers do not price in a vehicle crash from a previous year, and appraisers work from comparable sales, which would show it if it existed. **What does affect value nearby is the retail itself.** A center that sits damaged and empty for a long stretch is a different neighborhood amenity from one that is full. That is a real effect and it is temporary, resolving as tenants return. **And the thing that genuinely moves value here is growth,** not incidents. Herriman's prices have been shaped by how fast the city has added housing and how long the retail took to catch up. [Herriman home prices](/blog/herriman-utah-home-prices) covers that picture. If you are worried about a specific address, the honest check is comparable sales rather than news archives. [What a CMA is in Herriman](/blog/what-is-a-cma-in-herriman-utah) covers how that analysis is actually done. ## The useful version of this concern There is a reasonable question buried in the anxious one, and it is worth separating out. The reasonable question is: what is near this house that I should know about? Commercial property, arterial roads, utilities, approved development, drainage. All of that is checkable before you make an offer, and most of it is a phone call. The unreasonable version is trying to predict accidents, which nobody can do and which has no bearing on a purchase decision. So if this post found you because something about Herriman worried you, redirect that energy into the checkable list. [What questions to ask when buying a house](/blog/what-questions-should-i-ask-when-buying-a-house) sorts them by who can actually answer each one, and the city holds more of the answers than most buyers realize. ## What I actually see Buyers who heard a version of this story third-hand and had the details wrong. Usually the version that reaches people has lost the cause, which means it sounds like a building spontaneously exploded. What actually happened was a vehicle crash that broke a gas line, people were evacuated first, and crews capped it that night. Those are quite different stories. The other thing I see is people drawing a conclusion about Herriman from it. Fast-growing suburb, busy arterial road, a crash. There is nothing in that specific to this city. ## What to do next If you are researching Herriman, read about the growth rather than the incident. That is the thing that will actually affect your purchase. If you have a specific address in mind, call the city and ask what is approved nearby. One call, and it answers the question properly. I am Kelsey Earl, a Realtor with Keller Williams South Valley, and I get asked about this more than I expected. [Tell me which part of Herriman you are considering](/contact) and I will tell you what is actually going on around it. **Note:** details above are as reported at the time. FOX 13's account of the crash, and police statements citing the gas leak and its capping. Reporting on incidents is revised as investigations conclude, and nothing here should be treated as a final finding. --- Source: https://homesbykelseyut.com/blog/what-happened-in-the-herriman-explosion Any market figure in this post is accurate only where a date and source are stated alongside it.