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At least two killed in southeast side
explosion, four others injured
WXIN-TV [Indianapolis, IN], by Staff
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Original Article
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Posted By:corndoggies, 11/11/2012 7:45:05 AM
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At least two people were killed and four others were injured following an explosion on the city´s southeast side. It happened near Stop 11 and Sherman Drive just after 11 p.m. Saturday.At least two homes were destroyed in the initial explosion. Two others were also directly impacted. Flames quickly spread to several other surrounding homes. Extensive damage was reported blocks away from the initial explosion. Nearly three dozen homes were damaged.
Source corrected by Staff
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Comments:
Suspected gas line leak. Didn´t something like this happen in California last year?
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
galbaccr, 11/11/2012 8:10:57 AM (No. 9006669)
In our area, about 7-8 years ago, a cable company hired a local contractor to install underground cabling. Unfortunately, the co. subbed the contract to a TX company that had illegals who didn´t speak english. They hit a neighborhood gas line, which caused a leak into the nearest house. That house blew up and damaged the house next door. A few windows in the neighborhood were broken. But - nothing like the damage in this article. The workers here knew what they did before the explosion, abandoned the backhoe, jumped in their dump truck and took off. They didn´t try to warn anyone - but no one around would have understood them anyway. The explosion in this article sounds much, much bigger than the 1500 sq ft basement full of gas explosion near here & is more suspicious.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Distorted, 11/11/2012 9:13:45 AM (No. 9006785)
If it was escaping gas the magnitude of the explosion would indicate a massive rupture of a primary feed line. As the comment above bears out, most such ruptures happen when workers hit a line in daytime working hours unlike here. I suspect something more at issue.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
jalo1951, 11/11/2012 9:37:41 AM (No. 9006846)
I live about a mile from where the explosion happened. Around 11 PM we heard the loudest blast. The windows rattled and the ground shook. It was massive. Luckily there is a fire station practically across the street from the explosion. It is certainly tragic for the families and friends of the two victims but it could have been so much worse. It is a nice neighborhood loaded with kids. The weather was beautiful yesterday and if the explosion had happened during the day there would have been kids out playing. Scary stuff.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 11/11/2012 10:23:48 AM (No. 9006945)
Do these gas lines degrade over time? Seems like I´m hearing more and more stories about natural gas leaks - especially in older neighborhoods.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
corndoggies, 11/11/2012 10:41:28 AM (No. 9006989)
Maybe #3 can help us out. From the pictures shown on tv (preblast) it looks like a really nice, new suburban neighborhood. Also, #3, happy to hear you´re safe.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
JHHolliday, 11/11/2012 10:53:45 AM (No. 9007023)
We had something like that happen in North Georgia a few years ago. A house exploded and actuall totalled four more nearby and damaged dozens more.
The suspician is that a slow leak was deliberately started to cause a fire but the house was preyy airtight and turned into a massive bomb instead.
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