# Deadly Indianapolis Blast, any thoughts on what may have caused it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 12, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734 "2012-11-12T00:27:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/21 "2012-11-12T05:45:08Z")
OP: Why do you say it looks intentional? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/22 "2012-11-12T07:36:16Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > That was in Bourne too, after the spy on spy fight scene. He set it off with a magazine in a toaster ISTR the Mythbusters testing that and finding that the setup as given in the movie didn’t work. They had to ramp it up quite a bit past the movie version to get an explosion. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/23 "2012-11-12T08:39:42Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > OP: Why do you say it looks intentional? You misread: he said an intentional blast has been ruled out. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/24 "2012-11-12T08:41:52Z")
Yep, I did. Thanks. So, that leaves roughly one thing left: accident not from meth. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/25 "2012-11-12T09:36:13Z")
3 houses on 19th Ave San Francisco (Sunset Dist) were destroyed a decade or so ago when the idiot in the middle house decided he would make M-80’s for fun and profit. His house was blown off the foundation; adjacent houses (0 lot line here) were instantly ignited by the blast. I lived 8 blocks away. Anybody can cause an explosion large enough to take out a few houses - finding a cause isn’t a matter of “either gas or meth lab”. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/26 "2012-11-12T09:43:37Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/27 "2012-11-12T10:41:35Z")
I bet it’s Obama’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/28 "2012-11-12T10:54:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I bet it’s Obama’s fault. A drone fired Hellfire missile? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/29 "2012-11-12T11:16:08Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > A drone fired Hellfire missile? 😉 Obviously one of the people in those houses knew the truth about Benghazi. And it wouldn’t surprise me if someone on some certain other message board is already proposing that seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/30 "2012-11-12T15:09:18Z")
The house is located in the south side of Indianapolis. The address apparently is, from [this Chicago Tribune article](http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-73265113/), 8415 Fieldfare Way, Indianapolis IN. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/31 "2012-11-12T15:35:16Z")
Some idiots store propane tanks inside their houses-only God knows why. A leaking propane tank can fill a basement with enough gas to cause an explosion. Or maybe, some high school kid was experimenting with explosives. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/32 "2012-11-12T15:37:23Z")
edit: Ignore post ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/33 "2012-11-12T15:47:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Obviously one of the people in those houses knew the truth about Benghazi. > > And it wouldn’t surprise me if someone on some certain other message board is already proposing that seriously. Actually, I have a person on FB who is proposing that very senario right now. No. They are not kidding about it. They are trying to tie it to the Pretraus resignation as proof. \ if only they weren’t family…☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/34 "2012-11-12T15:54:22Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Local here… gas company reporting no leaks detected in the area. The article I read had a quote from a gas company official saying no gas smell had been **reported**. It’s possible there was a leak that wasn’t smelled by anyone, or that someone intentionally caused gas to leak and thus would not report it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/35 "2012-11-12T17:11:44Z")
My first thought was “gas explosion”; second thought: large meteor fragment. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/36 "2012-11-12T17:54:24Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > My first thought was “gas explosion”; second thought: large meteor fragment. Or a small bit of antimatter 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/37 "2012-11-12T18:07:44Z")
Well, it doesn’t appear to have been an implosion so we can rule out the Colts. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/38 "2012-11-12T18:08:48Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > There was a huge gas explosion in [Cleveland in 2010](http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/05/cleveland_houses_destroyed_by.html). And a large propane explosion in [Toronto in 2008](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_propane_explosion). ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/39 "2012-11-12T18:15:55Z")
The owners of the home which initially exploded were not there at the time of the explosion. The latest I have heard (via local coverage) is that it may have been a [faulty furnace](http://tinyurl.com/asmnpq7). This would seem to me to be akin to a gas explosion, but they are still investigating. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734/40 "2012-11-12T20:42:23Z")
why would a second home explode as well? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734.md?page=3)