[RummyChick]

been reading up on this. Boyfriend is a piece of work. Felonies, etc.

There is a poster here whose son works with Shirley.
She posted on another thread.

A guy in the furnace business said he thought it was intentional. You do something in the basement. Cant remember exactly what he said. Like Saw off the union or something like that.

Take off and wait for the furnace to kick on.

problem was too much gas filled up in the basement of the house because it was warm outside..thus creating a quake that showed up on an earthquake meter 30 miles away when the furnace finally kicked on.

Thus what was suppose to be a house fire turned into a homicide and millions of dollars worth of damage.

[PA Engineer]

problem was too much gas filled up in the basement of the house because it was warm outside..thus creating a quake that showed up on an earthquake meter 30 miles away when the furnace finally kicked on.

Yes and no. Too much gas and there will not be combustion. What bothered me was the flame pattern on the foundation.

[livius]

Very probable. They were most likely “just” looking for a fraudulent insurance claim.