3 victims in Evansville, Ind., house explosion died of trauma, asphyxia

Multiple agencies investigate the scene the morning after a house explosion in the 1000 block of North Weinbach Avenue in Evansville, Ind., Thursday, Aug. 11.

Multiple agencies investigate the scene the morning after a house explosion in the 1000 block of North Weinbach Avenue in Evansville, Ind., Thursday, Aug. 11.

Multiple agencies investigate the scene the morning after a house explosion in the 1000 block of North Weinbach Avenue in Evansville, Ind., Thursday, Aug. 11.

Evansville Fire Department Chief Mike Connelly provides an update the morning after a house explosion in the 1000 block of North Weinbach Avenue in Evansville, Ind., Thursday, Aug. 11.

Elder Richard Gregg, left, gets information from Evansville-Vanderburgh Building Commission's Eric Wade, right, after his church Community of Christ on Hercules Avenue was tagged "unsafe" the morning after a house explosion in the 1000 block of North Weinbach Avenue in Evansville, Ind., Thursday, Aug. 11.

Emergency personnel search the debris, Thursday, Aug. 11, in Evansville, Ind., as authorities work to determine the cause of a house explosion that killed three people and left another person hospitalized. The explosion the day before damaged 39 homes.

Maddie Struble, right, packs her belongings with the help of friends and family after her home was deemed uninhabitable the morning after a house explosion in the 1000 block of North Weinbach Avenue in Evansville, Ind., Thursday, Aug. 11.

An employee with the Evansville-Vanderburgh Building Commission, right, delivers news about the condition of properties to neighbors of the house explosion at 1010 North Weinbach Avenue in Evansville, Ind., Thursday, Aug. 11.

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. Price mentioned he started smelling gas in the air over a month ago.

Emergency personnel search the debris, Thursday, Aug. 11, in Evansville, Ind., as authorities work to determine the cause of a house explosion that killed three people and left another person hospitalized. The explosion the day before damaged 39 homes.

Emergency personnel search the debris, Thursday, Aug. 11, in Evansville, Ind., as authorities work to determine the cause of a house explosion that killed three people and left another person hospitalized. The explosion the day before damaged 39 homes.

Emergency personnel search the debris, Thursday, Aug. 11, in Evansville, Ind., as authorities work to determine the cause of a house explosion that killed three people and left another person hospitalized. The explosion the day before damaged 39 homes.

Emergency personnel search the debris, Thursday, Aug. 11, in Evansville, Ind., as authorities work to determine the cause of a house explosion that killed three people and left another person hospitalized. The explosion the day before damaged 39 homes.

Emergency personnel search the debris, Thursday, Aug. 11, in Evansville, Ind., as authorities work to determine the cause of a house explosion that killed three people and left another person hospitalized. The explosion the day before damaged 39 homes.

Debris hangs from a damaged home, Thursday, Aug. 11, in Evansville, Ind., as authorities work to determine the cause of a house explosion that killed three people and left another person hospitalized. The explosion the day before damaged 39 homes.