Summary

A NAPA VALLEY FAMILY RETURNED HOME FROM VACATION TO FIND THEIR 18,000 SQ. FOOT MANSION REDUCED TO A PILE OF RUBBLE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT PROPANE WAS PUMPED INTO THE HOUSE AND LIT ON FIRE CAUSING AN EXPLOSION WHICH LEVELED THE HOME. THE OWNER/DEVELOPER WHO LIVED IN THE HOUSE CLAIMS THAT HE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL THREATS. THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE MANSION WAS RECENTLY REDUCED FROM 12 MILLION TO 8 MILLION BECAUSE IT WASN'T SELLING.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 97901
Story Slug NAPA HOUSE EXPLOSION
Location NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Format PKG
Date 4/27/1992
Archive Time 59:25
TRT 2:02
Supers JOHN BAUMGARTNER, SHERIFF'S LIEUTENANT TOMAS ROMAN REPORTING
Video Description FAMILY RETURNING HOME/AERIAL VIEW OF HOUSE BEFORE / RUBBLE FROM EXPLOSION
Description A NAPA VALLEY FAMILY RETURNED HOME FROM VACATION TO FIND THEIR 18,000 SQ. FOOT MANSION REDUCED TO A PILE OF RUBBLE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT PROPANE WAS PUMPED INTO THE HOUSE AND LIT ON FIRE CAUSING AN EXPLOSION WHICH LEVELED THE HOME. THE OWNER/DEVELOPER WHO LIVED IN THE HOUSE CLAIMS THAT HE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL THREATS. THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE MANSION WAS RECENTLY REDUCED FROM 12 MILLION TO 8 MILLION BECAUSE IT WASN'T SELLING.
Script LEAD: AN EXPLOSION THAT ROCKED NAPA COUNTY THIS MORNING ALSO ROCKED THE NERVES OF THE FAMILY WHO OWNS THE LARGEST AND MOST EXPENSIVE HOME IN THE VALLEY. TOMAS ROMAN HAS THE STORY. TAG: AT LEAST FOUR STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL AGENCIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE EXPLOSION.
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