Explosion levels Chandler home, damages others

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• Dale Whiting posted at 10:09 am on Mon, Jan 30, 2012.

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  "Chandler fire officials say the fire is suspicious." No dah!

  Were there one explosion, not "loud explosions and debris from the blast scattered to the house next door" one would begin by examining such things as a leak in a natural gas line which accumulated until the gas/air mixture reached an ignition source. While that sort of blast might push out walls and lift off the roof, that scattered debris suggests much more.

  Keep us posted, Editors!

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• crazysaguaro posted at 11:31 am on Mon, Jan 30, 2012.

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  What time did this happen on January 29? I live about a mile from that intersection (Willis Ranch subdivision) and heard an enormous boom that rocked my house at 10:55pm. Dogs started barking all around and then about 10 minutes later I heard sirens in the distance.

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• Juggernaut8000 posted at 2:21 pm on Mon, Jan 30, 2012.

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  ANFO gone awry?

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• Slabside posted at 4:38 pm on Mon, Jan 30, 2012.

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  The story says, "There's no gas service in the neighborhood, so the explosion, which caused debris to be blown onto roofs of nearby homes, makes it more suspicious, Tyler said."

  Captain Neo-Con says, "one would begin by examining such things as a leak in a natural gas line which accumulated until the gas/air mixture reached an ignition source."

  Captain, has it ever occurred to you to engage your brain before putting your mouth in gear?

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• eveyreborn posted at 4:47 pm on Mon, Jan 30, 2012.

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  Since when does that neighborhood not have gas service? I live a quarter mile from these guys and someone should tell my gas company that they don't exist.

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• Slabside posted at 6:03 pm on Mon, Jan 30, 2012.

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  I've lived in my neighborhood since it was new... 31 years. No natural gas availble. Unless you consider what I emit [wink].

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• Dale Whiting posted at 7:00 pm on Mon, Jan 30, 2012.

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  Slabside,

  Ever heard of propane? Apparently not!

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• Slabside posted at 7:37 pm on Mon, Jan 30, 2012.

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  Why yes Captain, I have heard of propane (aka liquified petroleum gas or LPG). You bleated ignorantly "natural gas" which is a completely different substance.
  Want another cyber slapping there Captain?

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• Juggernaut8000 posted at 5:44 am on Tue, Jan 31, 2012.

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  It wouldn't matter which gas it was, unless it was allowed to accumulate in the home or a storage tank had the pressure relief defeated, the LPG/propane wouldn't cause this type of blast.

  Not that any of us will be privy to the investigation that our tax dollars paid for to find out anyways...

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• davidflucier posted at 6:31 am on Tue, Jan 31, 2012.

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  OK...let's say gas is ruled out, that leaves at least three other possibilities: a meth lab, a bomb making facility or illegal storage of highly volatile and explosive materials.

  BTW, potential criminal investigations are rarely open to public view.

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