[E. Pluribus Unum]

Looks like a gas leak to me. The houses were atomized from a distributed explosion. The gas/oxygen mixture fills every room of every house and it all detonates at once. If there were a single point of detonation the debris field wouldn’t look like an airplane crash.

[blackdog]

The leaks in the ground follow the path of the pipes. The gas enters the basements from outside the pipes, filling basements slowly. Eventually someone's hot water heater sparks the ignitor at just the right concentration, and kaboom.

It's a good idea to use a cigarette lighter once a month, turn it on and closely follow all your exposed pipes and where they enter your building. When the flame suddenly gets bigger and brighter, you have leaking gas. My brother in law is a plumber. That's how he does it. Taught me the same.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Gas leaks are very frightening. Gas fumes can accumulate anywhere and one little spark and...