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HERMACINSKI, HE HAS THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS OF WHAT WE'VE
LEARNED ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION
AND WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED.
Reporter: THEY HAVE NOT
RELEASED TOO MUCH INFORMATION
THIS AFTERNOON, BUT WE HAVE
LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE OWNER OF
THE SECOND HOME THAT BLEW UP AND
THAT HOME.
FIRST, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK BEHIND
ME, YOU CAN SEE THE POLICE ARE
STILLMANNING THE ENTRANCE TO THE
SUBDIVISION.
NO ONE ALLOWED IN OR OUT UNTIL
THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO RETURN
TO THEIR HOME.
INVESTIGATORS ARE SIFTING
THROUGH THE RUBBLE, AND THEY
WILL WORK THROUGH THE NIGHT.
AT THIS TIME THEY'RE NOT SAYING
WHAT CAUSED THE BLAST OR WHERE
THE BLAST ORIGINATED.
TWO HOMES WERE WIPED OUT.
CITIZENS ENERGY SAID THEY
TESTED THE THE GAS LINE AND SOR
THEY HAVE FOUND NO LEAKS.
NOW THEY'RE TESTING THE LINES
FROM RUN TO INDIVIDUAL HOMES.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS ABOUT
HIGH CONSUMPTIONED IN THE HOME
THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS.
WE DO NOT--WE CANNOT CONFIRM
THOSE REPORTS AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE AT LEASTING THE PERIMETER
THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE HOUSE
THAT DID EXPLODE, BUT AT THIS
TIME WE CANNOT CONFIRM THOSE
Reporter: THEY SAY THEY HAVE
NO RECORDS OF GAS CREWS BEING
SENT TO EITHER HOME FOR
GAS-RELATED PROBLEMS OVER THE
PAST TWO WEEKS.
TWO PEOPLE DIED IN ONE OF THE
DESTROYED HOMES.
THE COUPLE WHO LIVED IN THE
SECOND DESTROYED HOME WERE AT A
CASINO SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN THE
EXPLOSION HAPPENED.
I'M TOLD THE OWNER OF THE HOME
HAD BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT A
FAULTY FURNACE.
THOSE COMPLAINTS TOOK PLACE IN
THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW RECENT THE
COMPLAINTS WERE WITH THE FURNACE
NOT WORKING IN THAT SECOND HOME.
INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO
WHETHER THE FURNACE PROBLEMS IN
THAT HOME CONTRIBUTED TO THE
EXPLOSION, BUT AT THIS TIME THEY
WON'T EVEN SAY IF THIS WAS A GAS