Sunday, November 11, 2012

Two killed, homes flattened in south Indianapolis explosion

INDIANAPOLIS -
Two people were killed and about two dozen homes were damaged by an explosion in a south side Indianapolis neighborhood late Saturday night.
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.

 13 WTHR Indianapolis

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