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41. Can't even imagine the fear those neighbors must have felt...

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 03:45 PM

Nov 2012

http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/indianapolis-house-explosion

Thanks, wellspring, for all of the links, videos, and pics that you've provided to this thread! Someone watching cable news today would never even know anything like this has happened in Indianapolis.

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Indy blast: 2 homes destroyed, more afire [View all] Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 OP

Just found this on Twitter via @LesNews... Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #1

I live about 5 miles away from this neighborhood... Contrary1 Nov 2012 #2

Wow, that sounds more powerful than just leaking gas Warpy Nov 2012 #3

Scared us. We heard a boom, and then the windows rattled. Contrary1 Nov 2012 #4

I have family ReRe Nov 2012 #9

Montgomery Av is very near the area... Contrary1 Nov 2012 #10

Thank you so much! ReRe Nov 2012 #12

The road that separates Indy from Greenwood is County Line Road... Contrary1 Nov 2012 #18

You was right about County Line Road ReRe Nov 2012 #24

Got the call... ReRe Nov 2012 #26

That can't possibly be an ordinary household leak.....all that damage sounds like a mainline. nc4bo Nov 2012 #27

I agree with you... ReRe Nov 2012 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Contrary1 Nov 2012 #11

Whoa. I don't think they even know what happened at this point, do they? nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #5

No. ATF on scene. nt silvershadow Nov 2012 #6

They said gas leak at first Warpy Nov 2012 #53

Blast under control now. wellspring Nov 2012 #7

This is scary. dchill Nov 2012 #8

Doors ripped from frames, homes damaged blocks away. Pic ---- wellspring Nov 2012 #13

Can't even imagine the fear those neighbors must have felt... countryjake Nov 2012 #41

Something big happened there. yends21012 Nov 2012 #14

Meth cooking - Indiana's home pharmacy industry ... Myrina Nov 2012 #45

This is a pretty packed subdivision, not much room between houses. You'd think if that were the nc4bo Nov 2012 #47

Yeah, us "North Kentuckians" are way backward down here... Contrary1 Nov 2012 #62

Whatever - I'm not from Indy, I just live here Myrina Nov 2012 #67

Here's video ---- wellspring Nov 2012 #15

I wish the best for the families. truthisfreedom Nov 2012 #16

Same here. I cannot imagine how terrifying this must have been for those poor people. nc4bo Nov 2012 #30

It didn't sound like a gas leak to me, either, even when Warpy Nov 2012 #54

Another video --- looks like chopper on the scene ---- wellspring Nov 2012 #17

NBC report ---- wellspring Nov 2012 #19

WTHR report ---- wellspring Nov 2012 #20

Video report from WISH-TV, CBS affiliate in Indianapolis ---- wellspring Nov 2012 #21

Video report from WRTV, ABC affiliate in Indianapolis ----- wellspring Nov 2012 #22

Looks suspicious OakCliffDem Nov 2012 #23

Have some thoughts, none of them good. Hoping the truth gets out. nc4bo Nov 2012 #25

University of Missippi students riot against Obama victory ----- wellspring Nov 2012 #28

Just read a post upthread that said gas leak. That's a mainline nc4bo Nov 2012 #29

They don't know what caused it because the gas company can't get to where it happened. AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #36

A house blew up in North Austin, damaging others around it, IIRC one death... Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #44

I'm in Indy & honestly I think it was a suburban meth lab that went boom. Myrina Nov 2012 #46

Why in the world would anyone cook meth in a crowded subdivision? Good grief that's dumb nc4bo Nov 2012 #48

You really expect folks in that industry Myrina Nov 2012 #50

Hehe - I know a cook, he's nuts! nc4bo Nov 2012 #51

Inter and intra state natural gas delivery lines are ancient and crumbling. Divernan Nov 2012 #31

Between the big gas and water lines there's the electric grid, subways, railroads, bridges nc4bo Nov 2012 #32

Rebuild US' infrastructure, not Iraq's. Divernan Nov 2012 #34

Can a meth lab do this? nt valerief Nov 2012 #35

that's where my mind was going, too. SemperEadem Nov 2012 #37

Very probably not, but a truckload fertilizer bomb could. nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2012 #38

Some daytime pics ManiacJoe Nov 2012 #39

omg Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #42

Holy Fuck! Looks like a big bomb went BOOM. nc4bo Nov 2012 #43

My first thought, someone was trying to build a good size bomb. sarcasmo Nov 2012 #69

Looks less like a leak and more like orbital bombardment. Ow. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #52

There's some crazy site with a Russian-sounding name amandabeech Nov 2012 #65

Jesus. Matchsticks. WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #60

Updated story -- investigation could "take weeks" AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #40

Other than in war zones, this scene reminds me of the way things looked when T. McVeigh blew jtuck004 Nov 2012 #49

Like someone went into their ammunition room (cuz every American needs a firearm room and valerief Nov 2012 #55

Weeks? nc4bo Nov 2012 #57

The NTSB is usually very thorough Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #61

How horrible. nc4bo Nov 2012 #63

WTHR confirms that the NTSB is now investigating GrantDem Nov 2012 #56

Which means, in this case, that gas is the suspected cause, not a plane muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #58

I was going to add my uninformed speculation, but folks above beat me to it. AngryAmish Nov 2012 #59

The Indianapolis tax site, demands fees to find out how old is the home happyslug Nov 2012 #64

Local news channel last night also reported, from property records: Myrina Nov 2012 #66

Also the 2 people killed and those injured.. nc4bo Nov 2012 #68