Apartment tenants have concerns after explosion

By Daniel MillerUpdated: Wednesday, May 28, 2014, 8:43 amPublished: Tuesday, May 27, 2014, 9:06 pm

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) A cause for an explosion that heavily damaged an apartment building on May 15 has been determined.

Late Tuesday afternoon Indianapolis fire investigators said it was accidental, but thats little comfort to the people who live in the complex.

Construction crews have put a fence up around the damaged building to keep people out. People who live here said since the explosion, theyve been worried it could happen again.

I was in the kitchen getting ready to cook dinner; I always keep my blinds where I can see outside and I saw the apartment when it blew up, said Michelle Hayes of Indianapolis.

Two weeks after the explosion destroyed the apartment building, people who live at Pangea Apartments are just now learning how it all happened.

I was really nervous because all I knew at the time was that the explosion had happened in the front. Which I live in the very front, said Jessica Phillippe of Indianapolis.

IFD blamed it on an unintentional, accidental opening of a gas line, but thats all they would say. That left residents wondering what line was open and how it got that way.

Its a little concerning having a 9 month old baby, Phillippe said.

Days after the explosion, Hayes said she contacted management to get answers. She wanted to know if a blast could happen again.

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