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New aerial video shows scale of devastation caused when Indiana house exploded – killing three and damaging 39 homes: Resident who lived nearby says he was thrown from the couch as he surveys what’s left of his home in expletive-laden video
Daily Mail UK ^ | August 11, 2022 | Andrea Cavallier

Posted on 08/10/2022 11:29:35 PM PDT by Morgana

New aerial video shows the scale of devastation caused by an explosion at a house in southern Indiana on Wednesday morning that killed at least three people and damaged as many as 39 homes.

The blast was reported around 1 p.m. in the 1000 block of North Weinbach Avenue in Evansville and had a 100-foot blast radius, officials said, which completely leveled one house where the explosion occurred, split another in half and heavily damaged dozens of others.

Resident Drew Slader, who lived nearby, told local news outlets that he was sitting on his couch when the force of the blast threw him several feet. He shared video from inside his damaged home that showed broken window frames and kitchen cabinets hanging from the wall.

A total of 39 houses were damaged by the explosion, but Evansville Fire Department Chief Mike Connelly said the department has not confirmed how many of the houses were occupied when the explosion happened because 'some were too unstable to enter.'

At least 11 of the 39 homes damaged in the explosion are 'uninhabitable,' Connelly told the Evansville Courier & Press.

'Debris is strewn over a 100-foot radius,' including 'typical construction materials' such as wooden boards, window glass and insulation, Connelly said.

Authorities are continuing their search of area, but Connelly warned there could be more victims.

The identities of the people who died would not be released until the next of kin has been notified, David Anson, chief deputy coroner for Vanderburgh County, told The Associated Press.

Evansville Police Department spokeswoman Sgt. Anna Gray said at least one other injury was reported and that victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

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


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: evansville; explosion; indiana; threedead
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To: Baldwin77

EVs don’t blow up they burn.🤔


41 posted on 08/11/2022 7:25:10 AM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: joe fonebone

Well you are creative. I’ll say that. LOL


42 posted on 08/11/2022 7:25:37 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: bert

I think they’re still picking up the pieces.🙄


43 posted on 08/11/2022 7:26:50 AM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: mabarker1

Looks like it made a crater in the back yard?


44 posted on 08/11/2022 7:36:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Newsmax covered this prior to 7am EST this morning.

Most likely a gas leak.


45 posted on 08/11/2022 7:37:00 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: ETCM

GPLM! Guinea pig lives matter!

Poor Fifi looks scared. Poor babies.


46 posted on 08/11/2022 7:41:14 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: logi_cal869

The house used NG, right?
It would be embarrassing to call it NG when the house was all electric...


47 posted on 08/11/2022 8:01:22 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Mark17

“Only a their hairdresser knows.


48 posted on 08/11/2022 8:08:36 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !)
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To: Morgana

There is a video on YT of the explosion. It doesn’t look like there is a fireball in the blast. Wouldn’t a NG explosion have a huge fireball and scorch everything around? Why is the ATF involved in the investigation.


49 posted on 08/11/2022 8:21:53 AM PDT by 6AL-4V
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To: Little Ray

Yep corn liquor. Will do that every time.


50 posted on 08/11/2022 8:43:58 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: sten
Re: Photo in Post 9

There doesn't look like there's much blackened debris that would have been burning if it was gas. The lack of burned debris points toward a shock wave explosion.

51 posted on 08/11/2022 8:50:18 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

Tannerite?


52 posted on 08/11/2022 12:02:07 PM PDT by 6AL-4V
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To: 6AL-4V
Tannerite?

Is a good guess. Any video I've seen of Tannerite shows a tremendous blast but no flames, just like the explosive in a vehicle airbag.

53 posted on 08/11/2022 12:07:34 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: BenLurkin
28324-BAD-3-F00-483-F-8028-3-D441750-E43-B

I see the (or what I think I see) edge of a 2-3 ’ deep at the center.

Would You be in agreement ?

If so then let’s do a comparison by looking at these:

16-DEF9-B8-BA38-4498-9-F18-01-C7-A29261-EC

1-E6-FD075-478-C-4240-8-E41-84-B8-E31-B4-E85

4-B99-CF8-B-B561-42-ED-AA62-A75-A7-D8-FD63-A

!

54 posted on 08/12/2022 7:06:42 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !)
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To: mabarker1

Well ......... hell.


55 posted on 08/12/2022 3:07:53 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Squantos
LOL !!! I think that it’s from a NG Leak that found a trigger.

CA865-CBB-4296-47-F6-AAEC-187-FAC176-A07

56 posted on 08/12/2022 11:26:10 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !)
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To: joe fonebone

Adam Schiff.


57 posted on 08/12/2022 11:30:18 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: The Louiswu

58 posted on 08/13/2022 12:19:02 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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