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FBI join investigation after Arlington home exploded in gigantic fireball as suspect inside set off

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by flgator2, Dec 5, 2023.

  1. Dec 5, 2023 #1
    flgator2

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    FBI join investigation after Arlington home exploded in gigantic fireball as suspect inside set off flares and fired at SWAT team preparing to serve a search warrant | Daily Mail Online

    Neighbors said a man inside the home was firing the pyrotechnic from a flare gun - although it's unclear why. Multiple rounds are said to have been blasted out of the weapon, prompting a call to police, who quickly arrived at the scene.

    After SWAT teams arrived, the unidentified person inside the duplex began firing at officers, it's claimed. They prepared to enter the property - only for it to explode in a gigantic blast that sent debris and a huge fireball roaring into the sky.




    A neighbor who spoke to ARLnow said they believe 'it blew up the entire duplex' but is hopeful the family next door 'was evacuated before it blew up.'

    Other neighbors reported the blast having shook their beds and left behind an 'acrid stench.'


    This was like a scene from a movie
     
  2. Dec 5, 2023 #2
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    Meth Lab?
     
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  3. Dec 5, 2023 #3
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    I drive past that block usually a few times a week. It’s a pretty nice neighborhood. Will be interested in what they uncover.
     
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    not outside the realm of possibility but I’d be surprised given the neighborhood
     
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  5. Dec 5, 2023 #5
    channingcrowderhungry

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    Early word is the person who lived there was having psychotic dellusional mental breaks.
     
  6. Dec 5, 2023 #6
    BossaGator

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    that’s what I’ve heard so far as well. Our house shook. I initially thought it was a sonic boom
     
  7. Dec 5, 2023 #7
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    I heard they had evidence to convict Hillary Clinton in that house. :D
     
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  8. Dec 5, 2023 #8
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    Could be a natural gas line leak or maybe the guy filled his home with gas intentionally? It did say he was playing around with a flare gun so maybe he was trying to blow the place up?
     
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    Hunter Biden's laptop was used to set off a dirty bomb for Hamas
     
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    It was a hit by the Biden crime family. The guy who died in the explosion was about to testify before James Comer's committee and spill the beans on how Hunter was funneling bribes from the Chicoms and/or corrupt Ukrainians to Joe Biden.
     
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  11. Dec 5, 2023 #11
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    ^^^ these are all actual workable theories being seriously discussed by many RN
     
  12. Dec 5, 2023 #12
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    Mine was a joke.
     
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  13. Dec 5, 2023 #13
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    It was most likely a natural gas explosion with the only question being was the explosion an accident caused by a gas leak or intentional? Based on the facts that have been made public so far I'm strongly leaning towards the latter.
     
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  14. Dec 9, 2023 #14
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    Surprised there was no follow up.

    They identified the man as James Yoo.

    Police say James Yoo, man whose Virginia home exploded, is presumed dead

    Sounds like the guy was another one of those conspiracy nutjobs who showed mental illness for years, then finally went off the rails.

    Still no word on the cause of the actual blast. If I had to guess still sounds like {nutjob firing 30 flares + natural gas = boom}.
     
  15. Dec 9, 2023 #15
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    Wow. Dude had his windows covered in tin foil. Probably keeping the 5g out
     
  16. Dec 9, 2023 #16
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    Once the 5g was already in it keeps it from being able to leave. This dude probably suffered from 5g poisoning