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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 09:40 AM Sep 2019

Owner blew up house on his daughter's wedding day

EDGEWOOD, Pa. (AP) — A homeowner near Pittsburgh blew up his house on his daughter’s wedding day, police said shortly after his body was found in the rubble late Saturday. The man had been seen standing in front of his house in Edgewood shortly before it exploded and caught fire, authorities said, but for several hours he couldn’t be accounted for. His death has been ruled a suicide.

Officials are still investigating the explosion’s cause, but “it looks like he disconnected the gas line in the basement of the house,” Police Chief Robert Payne said. “And of course, it wouldn’t take much of a spark to explode the house.” Most of the family was out of the house at the time for the wedding, officials said.

Police said they had been to the home before for domestic issues relating to mental illness.

A house next door that was damaged by the fire had recently been sold, and officials say a family had been planning to move in soon.

https://www.apnews.com/dabe000f836942e69cfbcfed0a8f7af4

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Owner blew up house on his daughter's wedding day (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2019 OP
"Most of the family was out of the house" bluedigger Sep 2019 #1
As stated in the OP ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2019 #2
"Most" hopefully means "all the other members" of the family unblock Sep 2019 #3
Or that most were out for the wedding Harker Sep 2019 #4
It's just poorly written. bluedigger Sep 2019 #6
The decline in the quality of American news/journalism left-of-center2012 Sep 2019 #7
More details in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette news story FakeNoose Sep 2019 #5

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
2. As stated in the OP ...
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 10:18 AM
Sep 2019

"Most of the family was out of the house at the time for the wedding, officials said."

They were at the wedding.

bluedigger

(17,148 posts)
6. It's just poorly written.
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 01:55 PM
Sep 2019

"The rest of the family was out of the house at the time for the wedding, officials said."

See the difference?

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
7. The decline in the quality of American news/journalism
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 01:58 PM
Sep 2019

A local TV news station recently reported that a man had been arrested for murder
and his victim was recovering in a local hospital.

HUH?

FakeNoose

(35,664 posts)
5. More details in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette news story
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 12:29 PM
Sep 2019

(link) https://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2019/09/14/Edgewood-home-collapses-explosion-injuries-fire-marshal/stories/201909140042

The explosion appears to be intentional, but there's no explanation as to why this man wasn't attending his daughter's wedding. Hmmm...


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