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North Texas town rocked by a powerful house explosion that injured at least five
Daily Mail ^ | 9/21/15 | Snejana Farberov

Posted on 09/21/2015 9:55:35 AM PDT by Kartographer

At least five people were injured, two of them seriously, after a powerful early-morning explosion destroyed a home in Waxahachie, Texas.

Police say a home in the 100 block of Arabian Road unexpectedly blew up at around 8am local time and burst into flames, raining debris on neighboring houses in the Saddlebrook Estates section of the city.

Two of the victims who had been inside the doomed house were airlifted to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Their conditions remain unknown at this time.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: texas; waxahachie
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China Syndrome?
1 posted on 09/21/2015 9:55:35 AM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

Likely it was a homemade clock.


2 posted on 09/21/2015 9:56:38 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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Making Drugs???


3 posted on 09/21/2015 9:56:52 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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unexpectedly blew up

It's a special day when you expect your house to blow up, LOL

4 posted on 09/21/2015 9:57:31 AM PDT by nascarnation (C. Edmund Wright says I'm a moron)
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Natural gas explosions aren't common, but they aren't unheard of, either. I'm guessing a gas leak.

/johnny

5 posted on 09/21/2015 9:57:47 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: Kartographer

“Arabian Road”?


6 posted on 09/21/2015 9:59:12 AM PDT by HandyDandy (Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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On Arabian Road?Oh, that's funny if nobody got hurt!
7 posted on 09/21/2015 9:59:48 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
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To: JRandomFreeper

From the amount of damage I agree. I can’t believe anyone in that house lived.


8 posted on 09/21/2015 10:01:19 AM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: VanDeKoik
Likely it was a homemade clock.

Arabian Road? Could be!

9 posted on 09/21/2015 10:05:27 AM PDT by null and void (FLINT: Free enterprise, Limited government, Individual liberty, National defense, Traditional values)
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To: Kartographer

Blast felt 10 miles away and we have to read of it in a British source?


10 posted on 09/21/2015 10:07:58 AM PDT by null and void (FLINT: Free enterprise, Limited government, Individual liberty, National defense, Traditional values)
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A few years back a house about a mile from us blew up due to a propane buildup and explosion in the basement. Woke us out of a sound sleep. The only thing left standing was the foundation and the propane tank. The two occupants, or what was left of them, was found in the trees about 50 yards from the house.


11 posted on 09/21/2015 10:08:08 AM PDT by DouglasKC (I'm pro-choice when it comes to lion killing....)
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Scene of devastation: Photos and chopper video from the scene show the dwelling flattened, with a wide field of debris around it
12 posted on 09/21/2015 10:18:40 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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Two of the victims who had been inside the doomed house were airlifted to the White Hut to meet Obama.
13 posted on 09/21/2015 10:21:10 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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Gas detected after the blast, prompting evacuation. Which means there was indeed gas service to the neighborhood. I doubt they have basements, those are pretty uncommon in local developments that new, but I have always wondered if people sealing and foaming their attics might be courting a hazard? It seems to be fairly popular here.


14 posted on 09/21/2015 10:26:32 AM PDT by Cobra Scott
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To: Kartographer

Either natural gas leak (not uncommon in North Texas - the local gas company in known for that) or meth lab. would be my two guesses.


15 posted on 09/21/2015 10:28:42 AM PDT by PAR35
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...unexpectedly blew up...

As opposed to all the expected house explosions in the area?

Wow Texas sure is a rough place to live!

16 posted on 09/21/2015 10:30:30 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: nascarnation

Awe man you beat me to it. Yours is better too. Haha


17 posted on 09/21/2015 10:31:00 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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Freelance clockmaker?


18 posted on 09/21/2015 10:33:10 AM PDT by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S. Feel the Trump-mentum!(insert ireally.supportCruzdisclaimerhere/))
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To: VanDeKoik

The teenage muslim kid is making another “invention?”


19 posted on 09/21/2015 10:33:14 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Liberals are like the Taliban and ISIS....destroying cultural icons they don't like.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

possible but around here house explosions are usually amateur chemists and their meth labs


20 posted on 09/21/2015 10:35:30 AM PDT by jneesy (rough seas make skillful sailors)
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