Hoping there are not more deaths, injuries...condolences to the families and friends of the victims.

It couldn't have happened at a worse time. Praying for those hurt and the families of those that lost loved ones.

If this was from Natural Gas, there is only one reason it happened, lack of regulations.

I worked for a private water/sewer company that serviced the public - if they thought they could get away with something that saved them money - then they did it...or in most cases didn't do what they should have.

You may not like Big Brother - but it sure as hell beats having dead brothers and sisters.

Something like this happened in my town about 10 years ago. It killed 2 members of a family, and I believe it was a natural gas leak.

These things do not happen often; but when they do, the results can be horrific.

This is why we humans need to band together and eliminate the man made discord. We have enough natural disasters like this, Sandy, Fukushima, and earthquakes to keep us busy.

There are enough of these to take care of. Seems like a spate of them lately - if there was a sign, it might be it.

Horribly sad. Life does indeed present us with thorns along with roses.

our infrastructure is getting very old, many of the Natural gas feeder lines have been in the ground since the 1920's, even with cathodic protection, these pipes are wearing thin.

"If this was from Natural Gas, there is only one reason it happened, lack of regulations."

This tragedy could have resulted from something other than a political argument.

"I worked for a private water/sewer company that serviced the public - if they thought they could get away with something that saved them money - then they did it...or in most cases didn't do what they should have."

Is this a confession or are you a whistleblower? Are you saying that the "lowly" workers knowingly cut corners?

"You may not like Big Brother - but it sure as hell beats having dead brothers and sisters."

There are no guarantees but the generation that railed against "Big Brother" is still in charge.

Natural gas companies have been fighting for years to not put emergency automatic shutoff valves on each house, so that in the event of a leak it automatically closes. They say it isn't cost effective, but it would prevent situations exactly like this from happening. Again, this is only IF this was caused by a natural gas explosion.

Meth Lab.

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I agree on the meth lab thing-I grew up with natural gas homes and never heard of any explosions like this or of any significant size from gas leak--of course in movies they show how it can destroy a home easily--thats not real--my Uncle was a Fire Chief and asking him , this is not a natural cause.

Prayers and thoughts to all those involved!!

It is almost an annual thing in Indy - they had one similar a year or so - killed several people. Comes down to a natural gas leak (at least the 2-3 that I remember recently that happened in the area). For some reason it happens a lot in those cookie cutter subdivisions that sprung up all around that area (this looks like one of them from the pictures). They went in and slam those subs in so fast that I am surprised it doesn't happen more often

Condolances to those that lost loved one or are displaced.

Past juror: You couldn't be more wrong about natural gas home explosions! I looked it up on the internet and the list is staggering:

Sept., 2010 - San Bruno, CA; 8 dead, an entire neighborhood leveled (40 homes), plus many more damaged

Actually, the list is so long, check it out for yourself:

I don't generally use "wiki" references but this particular one seems quite relevant and accurate. But there are many other news sources all over the place. This isn't as uncommon as you might think! If your uncle was, in fact, a fire chief, uh, I guess this could explain why he WAS a fire chief. Not to deflate your bubble, but natural gas explosions have been going on for DECADES - and still happening quite often!

The concussive force of the explosion was crazy from about 2 miles away.

It would be the 1st time in history that a gas explosion in a home caused damage to homes "Blocks" away. Given the explosive values of natural gas and the limits of the size of the house it doesnt make sense that it was natural gas unless there is a 24" NG pipleine below the house. The ONLY way to be assured that we are not being lied to is TRANPARENCY! ALLOW INDEPENDENT LABS TO TAKE SAMPLES. Anything that could do that much damage will leave residue ALL OVER!! Dont let them cover this up like Flight 800, 9-11, Pan Am 103, JFK, RFK, MLK, Start of the Vietnam War, Korean Air 007(that had Congressman MacDonald aboard, He was to be the next House Banking Committee Chairman and openly vowed to audit the Federal Reserve Bank). Face it America. We are a Banana Republic.

Of course it could have been a Mossad agent that lived in the neighborhood with 20 lbs of C4.

Conspiracy theorists are bananas.

If it was a gas explosion it would have been Propane not natural gas.

No propane tanks in the pictures....we don't have enough info to know yet, picture suggests a forceful explosion. Did it engulfed the house on one side but not the other? Very interesting site pattern. Think about it a while before trying to claim anyone knows in the media.

There are no guarantees but the generation that railed against "Big Brother" is still in charge.

Sarcasticus; I've marched/protested for Civil Rights and anti War movements several times - those issues are apples and oranges where it concerns this issue.

The rest of your rant isn't worth my time.

sorry this format is backwards - script error isn't allowing me to reverse it.

Stop with the natural gas B.S. It doesn't go out by itself morons. It would be burning until someone shut off the gas and that would be the clue. Some F'n whacko making bombs if you ask me. Where's Ted Nugent?

knowing the price of digging up street's,sidewalks ,re-land scapping private property...plus the hassle of all the other buried utilities...make's the cost of city pipeline replacement very prohibitive...

LOOK AT THE PICTURE. When natrual gas explodes in a building it causes chunks of walls to be hurled. Look at the size of the pieces in the photo. They are small not big. Explosives are rated by speed. This has all the earmarks of a high explosive like C4 not a gas , propane or natural.

The only ones i know of that access to C4 and drive around in vans are the Mossad. Check to see where those guys from the Mossad are that were dancing on a rooftop and giving each other high 5s during the 9-11 attacks.

To : I Resigned

When you have facts, its no longer a theory.

"It is almost an annual thing in Indy - they had one similar a year or so"

BS ... you sound a lot like a typical MSNBC reporter , making it up as you go along

Saxon- I agree with you on the infrastructure. Just in the past week, my apartment complex has had two water main breaks. Didn't have any water for most of the day yesterday while they were working on it- the break was too large to leave it on while the crew was working on getting to the pipe.

Getsmadstaysmad: OK so it is America and everyone is entitled to an opinion. You may be right on the C-4 and it isn't likely simply gas but seriously the Mossad.... Last i checked the Israelis are an ally and haven't lit off any explosions in our country. There are a lot of terrorist organizations that you could of mentioned and not sounded so far fetched, why didn't you just say Scottland yard or the Canadians it is about as far fetched.

No, don't stop with the gas leak theory. The fire department would be crazy to not shut the gas off to the whole area for a fire like this. It seems like this happens a lot, and the explosion is massive. It destroys the source house, maybe the houses next to it, and knocks still others off their foudations. The shockwave had to have been huge, and visible.

Getmadstaymad

Of course it could have been a Mossad agent that lived in the neighborhood with 20 lbs of C4.

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Or a disgruntled Republican voter with the same material. IN: traditionally Blue.

November 11, 2012

Massive Explosion Reported After CIA Drone Targets Indianapolis

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

A chilling report circulating in the Kremlin this afternoon released by the Aerospace Defence Forces (VKO) states that Kosmos 2479 detected the firing of two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles from a MQ-1 Predator drone yesterday being operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over the United States city of Indianapolis that resulted in a massive explosion [photo 2nd left], and from local US media reports resulted in at least two deaths.

Kosmos 2479 is an early warning satellite launched in 2012 as part of the VKO's Oko programme and monitors the US from geostationary orbit for all possible threats, including the tracking of American airspace for US Air Force and CIA fighter jets, bombers and drones.

The CIA's MQ-1 Predator drones, equipped with two fearsome AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, have been described as President Obama's “weapon of choice” and are currently most noted for bringing to Pakistan the same horror that Hitler's doodlebugs inflicted on London during World War II.

According to this report, after the firing of these drone-missiles, two distinct trajectories were recorded which were “near simultaneously countermanded” by countermeasures employed by an AN/ALQ-99 airborne electronic warfare system aboard a US Air Force EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft that had been dispatched from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to track this CIA drone that had, apparently, deviated from its assigned flight track.

Most ominous in this VKO report is its stating that the “intended targets” of these Hellfire missiles were the US Army Resource Services (PPBES) and the US Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), both located in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The PPBES is tasked with overseeing critical, mandated, and/or sensitive US Defense and Army-wide programs including foreign currency fluctuation accounts, Individual Ready Reserve Mobilization of American Armed Forces, and is responsible for the evacuation of civilians in case of threats to the United States.

The DFAS pays all US Defense Department (DoD) military and civilian personnel, retirees and annuitants, as well as major DoD contractors and vendors. DFAS also supports customers outside the DoD in support of electronic government initiatives. These customers include the Executive Office of the President, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

Should the attack on either the PPBES or DFAS been successful, VKO analysts in this report say, the US Military establishment would have suffered a “critical blow” at the same time it is managing multiple wars across the globe, along with growing evidence of an internal power struggle between it and the newly reelected President Obama.

Important to note is that this attack, likewise, comes within hours of Obama toppling one of the top generals believed to be leading the coup against him, and as we had detailed in our previous report titled “Obama Topples Top Coup Leader After Washington Gunbattle.”

As we had noted in that report, the toppling by Obama of General David Petraeus matched other top US Military leaders he has purged in the past 3 weeks, and which include: Rear Admiral Charles M. Gaouette, US Army General Carter Ham, Brigadier General Jeffery A. Sinclair, and US Navy Commander Joseph E. Darlak.

To how powerful the explosion was when these Hellfire missiles hit the ground in Indianapolis we can read, in part, as reported by the local WTHR.com news service, and which says:

“Two people were killed and about two dozen homes were damaged by an explosion in a south side Indianapolis neighborhood late Saturday night. The explosion was reported shortly after 11 p.m. near South Sherman Drive and Stop 11 Road on the south side of Indianapolis.

Bonnie Hensley with the Indianapolis Fire Department says the original explosion was on Fieldfare Way in the Richmond Hill subdivision. Homes on both sides of Alcona Drive were damaged. She added that more than 100 firefighters responded to the fire. IFD has confirmed at least two people died in the explosion. Fire officials say the victims were in one or both of the houses that were destroyed by the explosion.”

Curiously to note in this reports conclusion is that this attack, should it have been successful, “nearly mirrors” that of the 11 September 2001 strike on the United States that Russian intelligence analysts still maintain was the “opening salvo” of a global economic war.

Unbeknownst to the American people are that in the weeks prior to the 9/11 attacks, the entire western-backed global economic system was on the brink of total collapse due to massive fraud charges set to be filed against all of the top banks in the United States, but whose evidence was “conveniently” destroyed with the collapse of World Trade Building 7 which had not even been attacked.

To the final outcome of these grim events now occurring in the United States it is not in our knowing, other than to note…and with each passing day…the situation for those in power, especially those who end up on the losing side, more closely resembles controlled chaos than anything else.

Has anyone bothered to notice that the name "Sorcha Fall" sounds almost like the term "such a fool?"

I highly suspect that the blogger is someone who is implementing their creativity by trying to create mock articles similar to The Onion that will appeal to the anxieties of Gullible Old Phools.

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November 11, 2012

Massive Explosion Reported After CIA Drone Targets Indianapolis

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

Hooey within hooey on top of hooey.

Get back on your medications and STAY on them!

Sorcha Faal...Internet Hoax Queen...

It is now safe to remove your foil hat.

What the @#$%^ are you on about. Unreal! write a few mor pharagraphs why dont ya

Drake didn't write it...just a copy and paste...from a known hoaxer.

Anyone notice the caption under the video says "dozens of hours uninhabitable"? Who edits this crap for yahoo? Anyone????

Past gas leaks have caused even more damage than has been reported here so far. In 2010 there was a gas explosion in San Bruno CA that killed 8 people. It was so loud that people thought that a jet plane had crashed (San Bruno is very near to and in the flight path of S.F. international airport.)

The PG&E pipeline explosion in San Bruno is the first thing I thought of. That explosion was the result of a transmission pipeline rupture that blew the pipe out of the ground and the gas exploded!

Ageing infrastructure? What ageing infrastructure?

I guess I should have been more clear... it seems too big for a residential line and/or a house filled with gas - of course a transmission pipeline can make a huge explosion, but those aren't supposed to be so close to houses. Either way... wow... :

Your comment doesn't even deserve a reply

Chouse, I agree! For natural gas to cause this much damage, it must have been building for a long time. You would think someone might have noticed before all hell broke loose!! You would think that measurement devices at the gas company would have registered off the chart!

I tend to agree with you as a ruptured gas line would have to be turned off. This was just a big bang with a sharp shock wave.

Talltreesview said "Your comment doesn't even deserve a reply"

What on Earth are you talking about? Are you so closed minded to not understand that there are occasional nutjobs in suburbia?

My condolences to all of these people.I will not venture a guess on what caused it but I can imagine how horrified these people must be.

I'm not an expert but reading the posts from people that seem to know about these things, shutting off the gas seems logical, actually is first clue. Can a leak, even a large leak in an inclosed area cause this kind of damage? Wouldn't there have been a smaller explosion and fire way before it got this big? Can a meth lab actually create an explosion of this magnitude? We should know within 24 hours what caused this fire? My uneducated guess, since that is what we are doing is not to go with the gas theory.

As a kid, the house I lived in the gas line exploded. The house burned of course, but there was no where the damage as is shown in the pictures. The house burned and was later torn down but it was not demolished by the explosion. The framing and chimneys still stood. We had no nearby neighbors so there was none of the damage to other homes.

This just looks iffy. If it was a gas line, I'd think more a street line, but the street doesn't look damaged. I don't know what a Meth explosion might look like, but until there is a confirmation of gas line, it just doesn't look like it to me.

No more Bean Burritos for me.

Didn't they do gas explosions on Mythbusters a few years back? all I remember happening is a bit of scorched wallpaper an a couple of doors and windows broken. when gas density is to low or high it wont ignite. Have the laws of physics changed recently and nobody told me?

Whenever the answer is obvious it's almost invariably wrong!

HARP missed the target again.

yea, they'll be able to tell you exact amount of gas once they figure out what was in the line (glass is the best indicator, look for the largest possible damage to glass and how much damage compared to what orientation in reference to the blast and the distance will tell you the strength of the blast), then its a matter of looking at the old schematics and you can figure out what most likely could leak that amount of gas.

Its a bitching field of study, but yes we desperately need to look at our lines, and hold the power companies responsible, its happened before that if they don't inspect the lines a disaster can occur. There was that case of an entire mile of creek being lit on fire because of a moron oil line company that didn't inspect their lines when they had a million warnings.

I can tell you from experience, how big the line was or how damaged the line was has no effect on natural gas. The only way this was natural gas is if the house almost totally filled with natural gas, because natural gas needs a 7 to 14% mixture of air/gas to even ignite and has to have an ignition source. Also, it is possible if people in the house that had the leak were sleeping it is quite possible they wouldn't have smelled it and would have been dead before the explosion took place, in which an autopsy could show that if there is anything left of them, because you would die of lack of oxygen by the time that much gas was in the house. Personally I have never seen this much damage from a natual gas explosion in a house as there is less than one pound of pressure entering the house after the meter, now a line coming from the main line to the reguator to the meter is usually 35 psi. Also, they would have shut off the natural gas when they came upon the explosion anyway, you have to remember there would be a leak after the house exploded because the meter would have been blow off the side of the house whether it was the cause or not.

Was the house occupied? People on vacation/rental house between tenants/foreclosure that didn't have the gas turned off properly?

Oh Great Giant Invisible Spaghetti Monster, please hear our prayers...

If they are with some father in heaven - then they dun died...oh, sorry I forgot, father dude is everywhere.

Dear Father Dude; don't you dare let the Seahawks lose to the Jets today, the Jets have been a spawn of Satan ever since they beat the Colts in SB3.

Why would your "god" care about these folks. Your idol is allowing millions of innocent babies to starve to death all over the world.

Father in Heaven: Why the hell didn't you prevent this catastrophe in the first place?

Wow!

Would be cool if every "god" and every "non existent deity" could somehow put good vibes in the universe for these folks dealing with their catastrophe today. Throw in a little karma for ALL folks around the world.

hey Kevin...Fish Dude and the Old Man don't read web sites - say the prayer to yourself, not us! :D

God put man on this earth with a free will and the brains to make things right and when we see things like this happening it's because man has done a poor job.God has also given man the means to save thousands of children from starvation but mans wisdom has him spending billions on killing. $8 billion a month. So you see man has the power to do great things but only if he wants to.

hey chouse...don't read prayers-say your Bull Sh** to yourself, not us :-P

"hey chouse...don't read prayers-say your Bull Sh** to yourself, not us :-P"

Did every RWNJ crawl out of the gutter today? Really, he's not saying that he'll say a prayer for those who lost their lives (which is just fine) - he's directly praying to God here in this forum... as if he's a Newsvine member - that's called NUTS!

There's nothing wrong with having religious/spiritual beliefs - but to call out "Father in Heaven" in a post here calls for meds... just saying. Wow some people are so damn touchy these days.

My heart stopped for a moment as my siser and her family live in Indy. Looked at the pictures to make sure it wasn't near them. What a tragedy.

One: I am NOT a RWNJ; on the contrary, I lean so far to the left that I often times forget that I am right-handed. If you wish, you can research my blogging history to confirm this.

Two: My Christian faith tells me to pray for one another, BOTH during good times AND bad. Just because I made this post DOES NOT MEAN that I am attempting to PERSUADE ANYONE into believing in what I believe.

So, if ANY of you posters are EITHER atheist OR agnostic, PLEASE stop pulling your hair out!!!

I'm pretty sure a left-wing Christian is an oxymoron.

"One: I am NOT a RWNJ; on the contrary, I lean so far to the left that I often times forget that I am right-handed. If you wish, you can research my blogging history to confirm this."

OK, then just NJ... God doesn't read Newsvine articles. :D

Why would your "god" care about these folks. Your idol is allowing millions of innocent babies to starve to death all over the world.

the Light of Truth:

I'm pretty sure a left-wing Christian is an oxymoron.

And yet, here I am.

You are only about 3 to 5 miles from the reported address of the explosion. Glad you are ok and interesting that you heard the explosion. Did you feel any shock wave or vibration from it? What did it sound like?

Natural gas explosions usually don't create huge sonic waves. Normally it would be a low frequency kind of BOOM explosion and not a loud lightening high frequency bang style explosion.

If it was a high frequency sounding explosion, it was probably not NG and could have been some kind of bomb or possibly some kind of large storage container exploding.

It's hard to tell from the sound of an explosion what the source might be. But the NG explosion in San Bruno was more of a large fireball and not a huge sonic explosion. Those who were outside the fire zone survived.

A bomb or container exploding, on the other hand, has a much higher frequency sound and can destroy structures and kill people with just the sound waves.

That's not to say that a NG explosion could not create high frequency sound waves, given the right conditions. But it's not likely, unless it was a large container full of it exploding under high pressure.

I'm in the Irvington area too and while I didn't hear it - I was in my home office with some music on - I did feel something, just a little shift or something. I wondered initially if it was a small earthquake but it lasted only a second. I forgot about it until an hour or so later when I saw the story online and made the connection.

I only heard one boom...no vibration or shaking to the home..My husband was talking and hear it...I stopped him and said " did you hear that?" it was within 3 minutes my husband received a page, made some calls and was called away for his job. I monitored the fire dispatch radio and heard they were trying to get lines down to the fire and evacuating people...amazing that there were folks at the scene immediately helping the trapped and getting them out of collapsed homes to safety. Lots of folks just showing up at a local school that was open for those who left their homes...out pouring of help from grocery stores, the public with donations of food, clothing, pet food and medical help (EMS, nurses and physicians and clergy) now I am watching in daylight the field of the explosion and the blocks that have destroyed homes and homes that are inhabitable...looks like a bomb went off or a plane landed in the neighbortood...it is a wonder more were not killed or horribly injured...still looking at cause and so far natural gas has not come up first on the list...

I live in Shelbyville which is about 23 miles away from the explosion. It was around 11:10 p.m. we were in bed and it sounded like if someone had dropped something to the ground. We tough our child had fallen out of bed I went to check on her and she was sound asleep in her bed. It is amazing that we heard it this far. My thoughts and prayers are with all of them.

yeah, like a meth lab...

Old landfill--one of the ones just covered up, not properly sealed or vented--nearby, leaking odorless methane into lower part of house? (Methane is odorless, commercially distributed natural gas has an odorant added to it for safety reasons.) We have had homes explode here from landfill gases that traveled underground for quite a distance from the old landfill. Basement fills with methane, then the furnace or water heater switches on...

Never thought of that. Thanks for the post. I heard it last night on my side of town.

If someone tunneled underground and set up a huge under ground operation, that's a definite possibility.

But it looks too big for just a single house to cause that much damage to the whole block.

From the video it looks like flames are being fed in mutiple locations over a large area from the ground level, most likely from NG leaks.

A lab was my first thought.

i read lots of comments about how the house on one side exploded but the house on the next side didnt... its very obvious if they new anything about houses a brick house is very strong unlike a lil stick house as the rest of them are, the brick house is standing for a reason but the parts of it that could burn did burn too! most of them houses are patheticly made like tooth picks with plastic around it. people want nice cheap houses... u get what u pay for. i also read coments about natural gas.. well im not familiar with natural gas but to have a explosion that massive i do no it would have needed to be one hell of a leak,m u would have smelled it for a block! i really dont think it is cased by natural gas leak even though they will use that as a excuse anyway just to not ruin the neighborhood. ive seen gas leaks before and they dont just ignite and it wouldnt blow up like a bomb uless it was ne heck of a leak... i just dont see it possible... im thinking meth lab or some other cause that handled with highly explosive. this is just to much for a silly gas leak... ive seen and had them before this dont happen like that but they can cover it up how they want

As a forensic nurse, I can tell you this was not meth related, rather natural gas. Pictures indicate the field of the explosion and damaged caused, is not what is seen with meth labs.

Big brother and MORE regulations,contrary to someone's misguided post, is not the answer. Difficult to enforce more regulations, IF that is the issue; a lapse in regulation or in short cuts.

As to polical parties...who knows, and rather irrelevant. However, be advised,upon fact checking, the democrats, have had a lock on the city of Indianapolis since who knows when.... kind of like the cities of Chicago, Denver,LA, SanFran.

Perhaps a silly person in garage with open gasoline and crappy extension cords? Time will tell after clean up.

I hope they are ok, you should give them a call. And ask them to upload their videos if they are ok.

RadioFrankenstein, I hope your friends are alright. Please let us know here on the vine, if you get a chance. My condolences for those who were lost, injured and displaced as a result of this disaster. So very sad.

RF, hope your friends are ok!

James, these infrastructure problems have nothing to do with DC. It has to do with the wealth of the locals or lack of it.

California is really messed up. Richest state in the union and all they do is chase people away with higher taxes and stricter conditions.

Steve Jobs is a good example of that, he intentionally sent jobs to China because of the hostility of California's legislatures.

It's gonna have to start having something to do with D.C. because the problems with the infrastructure are nationwide and it is too big of a problem for the states to handle by themselves. Our gas and water lines are ancient because no one wants to take the bull by the horns and do what needs to be done. IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED! What? Are we just supposed to twiddle our thumbs, waiting for the explosions to start en masse? This could be a way to get a lot of folks working and fixing our aged infrastructure. Yes, it will cost 10 boatloads of money but if we continue on the do nothing path, we still pay in the end AND also pay for the cleanup in the aftermath of the explosions. Or pay the hospital bills because we are drinking goodness only knows what from the water faucet! OK, off my soapbox except to say, I understand the prior comment "anything else is of great concern" and am hoping that is not the case.

Sounds to me like the pipeline failed. There have been several disasters like this over the last few years, leading to invesigations of the gas companies. I used to live in the NW side of Indy, prayers to the families involved.

I think its about 9:1 odds that most likely it was an NG explosion. IE 90 percent chance it was an NG explosion and 10 percent it was anything else.

@James... just another sponger with great opinions of what others should do, while not contributing anything themselves..

James, why don't you ask your fearless messiah to rebuild the infrstructure instead of throwing all of our great grandchildren's uncollected tax dollars at entitlements, failing corporations and wall street? The reason you have the freedom to write senselessness on the internet is the military defending your freedoms. If you knew your history you would see more wars were started by demorats then Republicans. Please go back to sleep and wait for your gummit check.

@Jobarker, This is why California has tight restrictions because if we did not there would be a whole lot more catastrophes! If there are no inspection regulations in place do you think the gas and oil companies are going to create them? Not unless they have too! Just look at the past and you will see the pattern. Deep water horizon, San Bruno and now this just name a few recent ones. It’s all about the dollar and keeping costs down. Hell Jr Bush signed the energy bill to remove restrictions so we could start drilling for NG in our heartlands and that gave us a hydro-fracking mess that I feel will have more implications in the future. So it’s not because California’s a mess, It’s because of corporate unaccountability and greed. Anyway, Stay tuned it will someday make its way to town near you.

Did you look at the houses? They look pretty knew, hence the gas lines would be pretty new as well. I think we should wait and see what the investigation finds.....

James is absolutely right. We have infrastructure that is way outdated. It's going to take the entire nation to fix it. It can't be done on a local level. We could lose electricity for days, weeks or even months because we have such poor equipment. Explosions like this are going to happen more often (if in fact it is NG) and just wait till the sewers start coming up in your drains. The entire system built 50-60-70 years ago needs replaced. Everyone has ignored it simply because it's still working. It's going to give out and it's going to go out BIG. So before everyone climbs all over James, maybe we should see about getting John Boehner to work with the president this go around and get some SH** taken care of.....

Didn't take long to blame politics, specifically the Republicans for this. Interesting how folks think DC should fix their problems.

With what? Money? Spending has long been out of control and the deficit spiraling upward. Those are issues BOTH sides agree upon. Only how to remedy the situation is in conflict.

So, when both sides agree we spend to much an owe too much, how are we supposed to now pay at a federal level for infrastructure?

Which is more important, the USA infrastructure or the Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and on and on infrastructure. Clinton, both Bush, Obama put the USA last. That's 2 Dems & 2 Repubs.

James, Don't blow a gasket. Infrastructure wise we are only ranked 23rd in the world NOT the greatest on the planet. Gas explosion sounds just about right for 23rd!

If we want to solve these kinds of problems - natural gas lines taking out neighborhoods - then each and every time one of these goes, we need to take out a couple of homes of executives of gas companies who have the (financial) responsibility to keep their infrastructure safe and healthy. Only when this "hits home" will someone act.

Ruefus I think this type of job would be great for many companies in America to work on. More people would have jobs, more paying taxes, and we could get the problems taken care of. In case nobody has noticed, but the interstate system is quickly breaking down as well. Many states have just patched it up. High speed rail needs developed to save on gas and move large amounts of people quickly. Lot's to be done, but it takes working together. Something, unfortunately, that doesn't seem to promising.

Take a chill pill James. That or your over medicated.

Before people start crying infrastructure. Does anyone know how old this neighborhood is? If it's less than 20 or so years old I highly doubt there are old natural gas lines in it, they would most likely be PE lines not black iron.

Thanks for that update. My prayers are with you and your neighbors too.

Croaker, interesting thought, but the most unlikely source of an explosion given all the people who were there :)s

Humans are much more suspect :)

No Croaker, Drone attack

Space junk!

Jihad in the south side of Indianapolis, residential at 11 pm? I seriously doubt it. I'm thinking it was a natural gas explosion. They happen, though are rare, can be devastating.