Two people were killed and about two dozen homes were damaged by an
explosion in a south side Indianapolis neighborhood late Saturday night.
Indianapolis Fire, Indianapolis Police, the ATF, Homeland Security
and other agencies are investigating. A
gas leak is suspected but
investigators have not yet been able to get close enough to the source
to confirm the cause.
Five people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. St.
Francis Hospital says it has admitted one patient in connection with
the explosion.
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.
