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EDGEWOOD, Pa. (AP) A homeowner near Pittsburgh blew up his house on his daughters 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 couldnt be accounted for. His death has been ruled a suicide.
Officials are still investigating the explosions 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 wouldnt 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
bluedigger
(17,148 posts)That seems unnecessarily nebulous.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)"Most of the family was out of the house at the time for the wedding, officials said."
They were at the wedding.
unblock
(54,150 posts)Harker
(14,931 posts)and the others were away for different reasons.
bluedigger
(17,148 posts)"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)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)(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...