House Explosion — Daniel Sarch

The view from a home across the street of a house explosion at 1010 N. Weinbach Ave., in Evansville, Ind., Aug. 11, 2022. Centerpoint Energy and first responders work to find a potential gas leak that could have caused the explosion.

Emergency first responders search through the rubble after the house explosion at 1010 N. Weinbach Ave., in Evansville, Ind., Aug. 10, 2022.

John Hart II searches through the debris of his home after a house explosion directly across the street at 1010 N. Weinbach Ave., in Evansville, Ind., Thursday morning, Aug. 11, 2022. “We’re staying at the Hampton Inn now,” Hart said. Hart has lived in this home since 1976.

David Price, left, and his next-door neighbor Patty Hite watch as firefighters walk through the debris after a house explosion at 1010 N. Weinbach Ave., in Evansville, Ind., Wednesday night, Aug. 10, 2022. While the cause of the explosion is still inconclusive, Price mentioned he started smelling gas in the air over a month ago, and neighbors had made calls to Centerpoint Energy a few days before the incident.

Ron Ryan, left, and Patty Hite spend the night in their RV due to the damage and loss of power of their home after a house explosion across the street at 1010 N. Weinbach Ave., in Evansville, Ind., Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 10, 2022.

Police check on neighboring homes to evacuate them after a nearby explosion at 1010 N. Weinbach Ave., in Evansville, Ind., on Aug. 10, 2022. There were 11 homes after the blast that were deemed uninhabitable due to damage sustained in the explosion.

Centerpoint Energy workers investigate underground after a house explosion at 1010 N. Weinbach Ave., in Evansville, Ind., Thursday morning, Aug. 11, 2022.

Matt Redd, left, a city contractor from Remove Pro thanks Ron Ryan for helping clean up the debris on his yard after a house explosion at 1010 N. Weinbach Ave., in Evansville, Ind., Aug. 12, 2022. “I woke up angry,” said Ryan. “I didn’t know if anyone was going to come and clean this up.”

A house explosion occurred at 1010 N. Weinbach Ave., in Evansville, Ind., killing three people, and damaging 39 homes on Wednesday afternoon, August 10, 2022. The victims were Charlie Hite, 43, and Martina Hite, 37, who were a month away from celebrating their sixth wedding anniversary, and Jessica Teague, 29, who was one of the next-door neighbors to the Hites. The cause of the explosion is currently undetermined, and local and state emergency first responders and Centerpoint Energy workers are working to find a conclusion. There were 11 homes after the blast that were deemed uninhabitable due to damage sustained in the explosion and will be bulldozed and have to be rebuilt. This has inevitably displaced many families living on Weinbach and while some have made plans to continue living in this neighborhood, others have decided to leave their homes for good.