EVANSVILLE, Ind. - In a report aired by WRTV-6 (Indianapolis), undetected natural gas is believed to have led to an April 3 explosion that destroyed an 89-year-old woman's home, killing her and a friend and severely burning a gas company worker, according to investigators.
A gas leak reportedly occurred at the home after city water department employees mistook the gas line to the house for a water line. The employees were replacing water meters in the area, but when they turned a valve to shut off the line, it fractured a plastic pipe carrying gas that was inside an older metal pipe.