Officials Say Gas Line in Blast Tampered With
From Times Wire Reports
Investigators confirmed that a gas line had been tampered with before a landmark New York brownstone was leveled by an explosion, narrowing their focus on the building’s owner, who is suspected of setting off the blast in a botched suicide attempt during a bitter divorce.
“We’re saying this is intentional,” said Louis Garcia, the city’s chief fire marshal, adding that the modifications to the gas line could have been made by “anybody who is handy.”
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