SMS wrote:
Malcolm Hoar wrote:
A few days ago a home exploded not far from where I live.

I just read the result of the investigations into that
incident:

FREMONT — A 65-year-old Fremont man remained in a San Jose hospital
Monday after suffering second-degree burns to his face and arms when
his family's Warm Springs home exploded and burned over the weekend.

As Charles Stacker Sr. lay sedated in an intensive care unit at Valley
Medical Center, Fremont fire investigators — with the help of agents
from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives —
determined that the Saturday night explosion was caused by an unlikely
ignition source — static electricity from Stacker's body.

According to investigators, a leaking propane tank had filled the
garage of the Stacker home on Camphor Avenue with gas that was ignited
when Stacker entered the garage to check on a hissing noise.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_12185896

I recall getting homeowners insurance at one time where there was a
clause in the policy that stated that you could not keep gasoline in the
house, and wondered about where people would keep fuel for a lawnmower.
I don't recall anything being mentioned about propane.

ya, i wonder where they expect you to park your car? Seems it's a big
fuel container also to me.