GUILTY IN - Two killed, 7 injured as explosion rocks Indy neighborhood, 10 Nov 2012

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No one has been arrested. Just taken into custody for questioning and search warrants issued to search and take property....and I believe one for a personal search, ie: finger prints, DNA swab, body "look-see", etc.
 
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/...ys-deadly-explosion-needed-serious-detonation

Sally Bane, an associate professor in Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is not involved in the investigation, but does research on gas combustion.

She said natural gas is very hard to detonate, so an explosion as powerful as the one that rocked the city's south side would have to be sparked by more than just a furnace pilot light.

"While the explosion is bad enough, it is the detonation that's really going to cause the widespread damage," Bane said. "Natural gas is so insensitive to detonation, it's really hard to get that to happen."

She said the initial explosion caused a supersonic wave, which is why so many homes in the neighborhood were destroyed or damaged.
 
"The wave, combustion or explosive wave, is traveling super sonically, so faster than the speed of sound, at several thousand meters a second," Bane said. "That's the kind you see in the movies. When you see the hero from the explosion, and it catches up to them and they get flung off the ground."

The supersonic wave is also why the south side explosion could be felt miles away.

"You feel the explosion three miles away, if it has affects three miles away, it's deforming garage doors three miles away, then that was some kind of detonation," Bane said.

City officials said Wednesday that 29 homes will have to be demolished due to severe damage. Four other homes will also likely be torn down after the criminal investigation is complete

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/...ys-deadly-explosion-needed-serious-detonation
 
http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-more...stigation-20121129,0,6437194.column?track=rss
<snipped> Scientific Fire Analysis President, John Lentini, who is not part of the investigation, said it could take months to complete.

"They just gotta find all of the gas lines, which is going to be pretty tricky, seeing how the house burned down like that. First it blew up (and) then it burned down. A lot of times the physical evidence is not much help and this is maybe one of those times," Lentini said.


No one has been arrested.
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http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/curry-explosion-probe-will-take-time
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The search for answers in the south side explosion continues, but Marion County&#8217;s prosecutor says closing the case will take time. Terry Curry tells 24-Hour News 8 that the investigation could take weeks or even months to complete.<snipped>
Investigators continue to work around the clock, executing at least 15 search warrants by the end of last week. Curry wouldn&#8217;t confirm how many search warrants have been issued or executed since then, but sources tell 24-Hour News 8 additional warrants are likely this week. Curry also would not confirm where the warrants were issued, or what investigators are looking for.
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