Saturday, April 25, 2015

SARASOTA, FLORIDA HOUSE EXPLOSION APPEARS TO BE SUICIDE, CAUSED BY GASOLINE VAPOR EXPLOSION INSIDE THE GARAGE


















APRIL 25, 2015

SARASOTA, FLA. (AP)

Officials say a February 26, 2015 southwest Florida home explosion that left one man dead appears to be a suicide.

A February home explosion that likely killed one man and shook houses blocks away was caused by a suicide, said Ashley Carr, spokeswoman for the state fire marshal's office.

Shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 26, a “gas vapor explosion” destroyed a three-bedroom house at 2141 Cork Oak Street, Sarasota, FL., Carr said. Investigators found the body of Erick Szakacs, 46, in a pickup truck in the house's garage, where the explosion is believed to have originated.

“There's no outside foul play suspected,” Carr said. “We do believe this was a suicide.”

More information on the case will become available as the state fire marshal and Sarasota County Sheriff's Office release investigative documents.

Szakacs was the home's owner, records show. He worked as a cabinet maker.
Nine days before his death, he had pleaded no contest to a November DUI charge in a Sarasota County court, according to his attorney, Jeffrey A. Hanes.
Hanes said Szakacs would not face imprisonment for his DUI.

“He was in real good spirits,” Hanes said of the DUI ruling. “There was nothing for him to be despondent about on the DUI.”
Source: http://www.heraldtribune.com