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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
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