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- him ‘and wanted to sit down
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house, : concerned about not |

having h his clothes: on.”

in to: rescue

TOTALLY DAZED

. "Michael! ‘was in: “such: ; a
‘state: of. shock that ‘he | was ©

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. When Wayne Tyler, who oo
lives next door at 3132, and —
_ house renovator Ron Ward, .
_ who was working across the -
- - road, ran
- Michael they found his body.
was ‘glowing. red.- “Another.
‘meighbor, Gunter Frey, of |
- » 3101, : tore the blazing. shirt.
a" off the boy... | |

immediately,

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‘The ‘rescuers _ “had

coerce him out-as they: dia 2

Of the young man’s. past, pa
e Pedrini: ‘said. Fergusson. had sg
-. been: ‘thrown © out: by his
got to th © 3000. lock the left father at. the. “age: ‘of 14:and
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on, with sparks Continuing to. various occasions and when ee

shower from’: underneath, Fergusson was 15 his father”. ah }

until at the 4000 block it hit a- seatied: the police f for them: to. submis:
Pe : seychiatrist secided: -

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intended edie merry : the: cliff.
at Seaview Highway.

-not’-know: where to: touch ~~

‘him. to help him: out because om Seca
body _ Was SO” pene

“his”
"burned.

~The. ‘rescuers - ‘took. fre

“into. the. ‘bathroom: of. the

Tyler home and applied wet -
. towels - to: his’. burns while  <cag
- Swvaiting | the ambulance. — up wae

"The. explosion 1 was. heard’
over. a.wide area and was so °

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‘about. his bedroom area it is

thought: he ‘may have been
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‘intense that ‘the $110, 00. Pott the
home was a write-off almost: ¢.

buckling and caving. in and
the. whole house. bursting ©

into flames instantan€ously. |

_ Mrs. Katherine Tyler. said:

_.the’ house burst outwards |
‘and then, séemed to shrink’.
‘back ‘i in “like when you blow
“up: a balloon and let the air
“out.” Pana

> Mrs. Tyler: was in her back
garden when her neighbor's
- house. exploded and she said:
’ “Their house just opened up|
and. it felt like my house was
- going to come. down: on top
ofme.” | |

The blast * was ; caused by
gas from a 20 Ib. propane

boitle: found in Michael's |

bedroom, where he is
thought to have, been laying
on n the bed..

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houses... at. one-time: The.
' blaze:was so. intense that: it
burned. through’ the ‘gas line’
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_ from © that: : sent’: flames
~ showering: onto: the. wall: of My
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Says ‘deputy: district ‘fire a
chief. Ken. Beisiegel:. “Thee.
gas line was burning justlike =.
a blow torch, ‘while the -.
~ house was a raging inferno.”

Fire fighters. also: had, to. 7
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the house ‘on the’ other sidéi |
of the Rensby's home, where |
the shakes caught alight at”

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