IN- Evansville Three Dead in Home Explosion

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Evansville house explosion on Weinbach Avenue kills 3, shakes neighborhood

Roads around Weinbach Avenue in Evansville are closed after a house explosion Wednesday afternoon.

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One other person has been hospitalized after the blast, Connelly said in an update from the scene. But the search for any additional victims, as well as the removal of debris, has been temporarily paused so the ATF can run a "blast analysis."

“There could be other victims," he said. "We have not yet completed our search.”

 

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IN- Three Dead in Home Explosion - Evansville,​

Vanderburgh County - 10 August 2022​

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CNN:

3 people died and 39 homes were damaged after house explosion in Indiana

Three people have died and at least 39 homes were damaged after an explosion in Evansville, Indiana, Fire Department Chief Mike Connelly said in a news conference on Wednesday.

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There have been two other home explosions in Evansville in recent years.

Evansville house explosion on Weinbach Avenue kills 3, shakes neighborhood

Roads around Weinbach Avenue in Evansville are closed after a house explosion Wednesday afternoon.

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On April 3, 2004, a natural gas explosion leveled a house at 3307 Lincoln Ave., killing 89-year-old owner Daisy Pauline Hardy. A visitor to the home, Josie Williams, died later from burn injuries at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.

The blast also injured Vectren employee Mark Rexing, who was preparing to relight the pilot light. An Evansville Fire Department investigator said that a gas leak occurred after city water department employees mistook the gas line to Hardy's house for a water line.

 

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From the above linked article:

Have there been other house explosions in Evansville in recent years?​

This is the second time in the past five years that there has been a house explosion in this area. On June 27, 2017, a house explosion at 1717 Hercules Ave. killed Sharon Mand and Kathleen Woolems. It injured three others.

 

[UnapologeticallyAspie]

As soon as I heard about this on the news I came right here to see if anybody thinks that this may be tied to the Abby and Libby case/KAK and/or the potential CSAM ring.

 

[meanmaryjean]

As soon as I heard about this on the news I came right here to see if anybody thinks that this may be tied to the Abby and Libby case/KAK and/or the potential CSAM ring.

Nah. My daughter lives in Evansville. This is is an area of run down old homes and fairly high crime. Likely meth lab.
Abby and Libby died 150-ish miles away.

 

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On Thursday afternoon, these victims were identified as 43-year-old Charles Hite, 37-year-old Martina Hite and 29-year-old Jessica Teague. All three were from Evansville.

Chief Connelly says two of those three were in the home where the explosion happened. He says the third victim was a neighbor
Coroner releases names of victims killed in Evansville house explosion

 

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As soon as I heard about this on the news I came right here to see if anybody thinks that this may be tied to the Abby and Libby case/KAK and/or the potential CSAM ring.

Nah. My daughter lives in Evansville. This is is an area of run down old homes and fairly high crime. Likely meth lab.

Delphi is closer to Chicago than to Evansville. Evansville is on the Ohio River, which serves as Indiana's southern border & separates Indiana and Kentucky.

Roughly a 4 hour drive south from Delphi to Evansville.

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There was also clarification on 14News that no gas leaks were detected "in the area or outside the house" but Vectren could not confirm or deny a leak inside the house.
I did not mean to cast aspersions on the deceased victims - but the original interview seemed to downplay a natural gas leak significantly.

 

[meanmaryjean]

Friends use Special Olympics medals to honor explosion victims

After the couple died in the explosion on North Weinbach Avenue, their friends are making sure they still get their medals.

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This is heartbreaking.

 

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IN- Three Dead in Home Explosion - Evansville,​

Vanderburgh County - 10 August 2022​

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16 August Courier Press:​

Expert says Evansville explosion 'has all the footprints' of a natural gas leak

Officials have yet to publicly identify a cause of a house explosion in Evansville, Indiana, but experts said it bears hallmarks of a natural gas leak.

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Authorities rule Weinbach house explosion accidental

The Indiana State Fire Marshal has ruled that the cause of Aug. 10th’s house explosion on Weinbach Avenue was accidental.

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