In my home town, a gas main of long standing had a leak and blew up. Heard for miles away. Pretty serious event, even though no homes were directly involved. The buried main blew a crater.
There is no such thing as a "run of the mill" gas explosion (really a conflagration, not a detonation). As others here have mentioned, the available information does not exclude gas supply to the house in question, particularly if it lies athwart a supply line. One of my neighbors has a liquid propane supply tank next to their foundation wall, probably the size of a small car. No gas hook-up, just a reservoir supply. Propane leaking from a tank of liquid will be quite cold and will "pool" in any depressions or low spots. A situation notorious for serious explosions.
No point in cooking up elaborate speculations for a terrible mishap. You know your mind is in a bad place when your first reaction is "It must be a conspiracy," instead of the attitude "Wait and see what happened."
In my home town, a gas main of long standing had a leak and blew up. Heard for miles away. Pretty serious event, even though no homes were directly involved. The buried main blew a crater.
There is no such thing as a "run of the mill" gas explosion (really a conflagration, not a detonation). As others here have mentioned, the available information does not exclude gas supply to the house in question, particularly if it lies athwart a supply line. One of my neighbors has a liquid propane supply tank next to their foundation wall, probably the size of a small car. No gas hook-up, just a reservoir supply. Propane leaking from a tank of liquid will be quite cold and will "pool" in any depressions or low spots. A situation notorious for serious explosions.
No point in cooking up elaborate speculations for a terrible mishap. You know your mind is in a bad place when your first reaction is "It must be a conspiracy," instead of the attitude "Wait and see what happened."