Citizens Energy workers continue their investigation Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, at the site of an explosion at a house in Indianapolis. The search for what caused a massive, deadly explosion that rocked an Indianapolis neighborhood turned to natural gas Monday, with officials checking gas lines and a homeowner saying a problem furnace could be to blame. (AP Photo/WTHR Chopper 13/The Indianapolis Star, Matt Kryger)
Citizens Energy workers continue their investigation Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, at the site of an explosion at a house in Indianapolis. The search for what caused a massive, deadly explosion that rocked an Indianapolis neighborhood turned to natural gas Monday, with officials checking gas lines and a homeowner saying a problem furnace could be to blame. (AP Photo/WTHR Chopper 13/The Indianapolis Star, Matt Kryger)
Demolished vehicles sit in a destroyed attached garage at a home on Fieldfare Way in the Richmond Hills subdivision in Indianapolis, Monday Nov. 12, 2012. An explosion, originating on Fieldfare Way, destroyed or damaged as many as 80 structures in the subdivision late Saturday night Nov. 10, 2012. Investigators working to determine the cause of a deadly explosion that rocked an Indianapolis subdivision are looking at gas meters and pipelines as possible culprits, but a homeowners? suggestion that his faulty furnace could be to blame is drawing skepticism from at least one expert. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Joe Vitti)
A map locating the neighborhood where a deadly explosion has rendered dozens of homes uninhabitable.
Utility workers, and investigators stand outside destroyed homes on Fieldfare Way in the Richmond Hills subdivision Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. An explosion, originating on Fieldfare Way, destroyed or damaged as many as 80 structures in the subdivision late Saturday night November 10, 2012. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Joe Vitti)
Utility workers, and investigators stand outside destroyed homes on Fieldfare Way in the Richmond Hills subdivision Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. An explosion, originating on Fieldfare Way, destroyed or damaged as many as 80 structures in the subdivision late Saturday night November 10, 2012. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Joe Vitti)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? A deadly Indianapolis explosion that decimated a neighborhood shows signs that aren't characteristic of natural gas explosions caused by appliances. But experts say they can't rule out a faulty furnace if conditions were right.
Investigators have looked at natural gas as a possible cause of the weekend blast that killed two people and left dozens of homes uninhabitable. The owner of the house believed to be at the center of the explosion has said the furnace had been having problems.
John Erickson of the American Public Gas Association says a faulty furnace could cause the level of damage seen. But that would involve a more serious malfunction than just a furnace pilot light going out.
He says it's unusual for two homes to be flattened in a natural gas explosion.
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