Probe into horrific home explosion in Indy could be lengthy (Homeland Security involved)

wbst.com ^ | 11/11 | wbst.com

[RummyChick]

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The investigation into an explosion on the south side of Indianapolis could take weeks, an official with Citizens Energy said on Sunday.

Two people were killed, and more than a dozen homes were damaged or destroyed after a large explosion rocked a south side neighborhood late Saturday night.

The Indianapolis Fire Department says the explosion happened in the 8400 block of Fieldfare Way, which is in a subdivision just off of Sherman Avenue south of Stop 11 Road.

Citizens Energy shut off gas to all the homes in the subdivision and investigated potential gas issues in the neighborhood. An official said the company had received no reports of an odor of gas in the area, and no gas leaks had been discovered as of early Sunday morning.

Indianapolis Fire Department planned to continue investigating S

[RummyChick]

Anyone familiar with gas leaks? The concussive wave was reported to have been felt miles and miles away into Hancock county
Conspiracy websites are going crazy over this.

Btw, I have no idea if this has been posted because the search function no longer works for me. What's the deal with that?

[hinckley buzzard]

IDK anything about this event but I do know that around this time of year natural gas or propane explosions seem to proliferate, as systems start to fire up that have been neglected all summer long.

[Donkey Odious]

Walter White.....please pick up the white courtesy phone.

[JRandomFreeper]

Wow. That was an earthshattering kaboom.

Holy carp.

What a mess.

/johnny

[Stonewall Jackson]

Wow! That was one nasty explosion.

[JRandomFreeper]

On reflection... no crater, limited burn area (yeah 3 houses is limited for a boom that big).... I call FAE, whether intentional or accidental.

/johnny

[RummyChick]

Can a natural gas explosion be felt dozens of miles away.

Now there are claims that it was a drone hit. The drone had deviated from a flight track. That is supposedly a report from Russia. Propaganda out there to get people stirred up.

Reports at the beginning of the incident and on police scanners said it was a plane crash The Mayor said that was quickly dispelled.

Firefighters on the scene said they had never seen a gas explosion like this with such effect. It’s like a war zone

[Paladin2]

There are combination CO / Combustible gas detectors available for well under $100. Sounds like a good thing (or two) to use around the house.

[JRandomFreeper]

Iron bombs leave holes in the ground (generally) and spread burning debris further. FAE. Accident.

/johnny

[RummyChick]

One of the houses was vacant. I immediately thought of Walter White.

[JRandomFreeper]

Combustible gas detectors available for well under $100

And then, 2 years later, when you change the battery because it died.. a small spark leaps across.... ;)

You can't win. The universe HATES us.

/johnny

[Paladin2]

" I call FAE"

Yep, it really doesn't take all that much fuel either.

[Kakaze]

Well I'm 4 miles from this, the rumor goes, gas explosion, meth lab, and in the local pub this afternoon......a hit because whoever this owner is was sneaky.

I'm sure more rumors will follow, local FOX 59 just said the 2 dead were a Greenwood School teacher and her husband.......thats all I know for now.

This report is worth what you paid for it.

[Tax-chick]

LOL!

[Paladin2]

"The universe HATES us."

The Laws of Physics (and Chemistry) are not just good ideas.

Nor can 0bama modify them.

[RummyChick]

Did they live in the home that exploded?

Here is more info

http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/home-explosion-kills-two-on-south-side

Adam Collins with the Indianapolis Department of Code Enforcement says they have made 126 visual inspections - 80 properties suffered damage, 50 are considered to have minor damages. There are 31 homes labeled with major damages.

[piasa]

Doesn't look like a very old neighborhood. Back when I was in college there school was surrounded by homes that were about 30 to 35 years old. One summer in particular was quite exciting as every couple of weeks a house would go kaboom because of aged and corroded lines, and the phones would ring off the hooks when everyone in town would call the school to see if one of our experiments had caused the noise.

I wonder who lived in the house in this case? Seems too new for there to be an issue but with parts made in China, or really dumb workers installing things, who can be sure? Maybe some prepper's stash went off, or maybe Obama's bdy Ayers has been building bombs again..

[JRandomFreeper]

Prayers up for the family. Didn't realize there were fatalities.

/johnny

[Dusty Road]

We had one blow up about two blocks over and that damage looks similar. It took out all my nth facing windows and did considerable damage to surrounding houses. That house was only about 1200 square ft, the one in the pic looks much larger. And elderly woman lost her life in that one but it's pretty sure she passed before the explosion.

[bayliving]

Firefighters on the scene said they had never seen a gas explosion like this with such effect. It’s like a war zone

Having seen the devastation of a natural gas explosion within a residential neighborhood, I would say this was a gas explosion.

The amage is very similar. Homes just disintegrate...