Credit: DaytonDailyNews
Kettering firefighters found the home fully engulfed in flames when they arrived shortly before 4:30 a.m. Debris from the house was spread far in the neighborhood on Tuesday.
The garage door from Baumgardner’s house was thrown almost 100 feet across North Claridge Drive into a neighbor’s driveway, and a screen door was could bee seen further away in the yard.
One house east of the exploded home sustained heat damage from the fire.
» READ MORE: Victim in Kettering house explosion, fire identified
The State Fire Marshall is investigating the cause of the explosion and fire which Kettering Fire Chief Tom Butts says could be a natural gas explosion.
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