‘Large’ ice chunks slam neighborhood as one crashes through home, Florida city says

“Large” ice chunks fell from a cloudless sky and slammed into a Florida neighborhood, including one big enough to crash through a home, investigators say.

Temperatures were in the 80s at the time.

The bizarre incident happened Monday, Feb. 3, in Palm Coast, about a 60-mile drive south from Jacksonville. City officials haven’t offered an explanation.

“At 3:39 p.m., the Palm Coast Fire Department responded to Seminole Woods after reports of a large chunk of ice falling from the sky,” the fire department wrote in a Feb. 3 Facebook post.

“The caller reported multiple pieces of ice scattered across the roadway, with one striking a neighbor’s home.”

A large hole was discovered in one home’s metal roof along with “remnants of ice that had penetrated into the living quarters,” officials said.

Photos show the impact splintered the wood beams and crumpled metal roofing from the awning up to the ridge.

The department did not say if the home was occupied at the time. No injuries were reported.

A building inspector was called and “deemed the home safe for occupancy.”

City officials notified the Federal Aviation Administration, suggesting there are suspicions it was a rare “blue ice” incident. The term is applied to frozen aircraft lavatory waste.

“Airlines are not allowed to dump their waste tanks mid-flight, and pilots have no mechanism by which to do so. However, leaks sometimes do occur from a plane’s septic tank,” SKYbrary reports.

“Although rare, incidents of blue ice detaching from aircraft, typically ... during the descent, pose a risk to people and property.”

The incident has gotten hundreds of comment and reactions on social media, including from some who noted the ice didn’t appear to have the blue tint associated with liquid disinfectant.

This story was originally published February 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM with the headline "‘Large’ ice chunks slam neighborhood as one crashes through home, Florida city says."