MAJOR CRIMES UNIT OF CONNECTICUT IS INVESTIGATING A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION THAT DESTROYED A HOUSE IN CONNECTICUT FRIDAY MORNING THAT POLICE SAID IS CRIMINAL IN NATURE.
January 30, 32015
HARTFORD, CT
Major crimes unit of Connecticut is investigating a natural
gas explosion that destroyed a house in Connecticut Friday morning that police
said is criminal in nature.
Firefighters responded to 42 Winchester St. in
Hartford at 1:30 a.m. after neighbors reported a loud bang that sounded like an
explosion and found the front and side walls of the vacant house had been blown
out, according to a news release from the fire department.
They also saw small flames coming from the dryer vent, but
no significant fire.
No one was inside the abandoned house when the
explosion occurred and no one was injured.
Neighbors said the property was recently shown to potential
renters, but no one has lived in it in awhile.
The Hartford fire marshal's office, Connecticut
natural Gas and the state fire marshal investigated and determined that this
was indeed a natural gas explosion.