Plum house explosion: Father and son killed in blast

Casey Clontz and his 12-year-old son, Keegan, are being remembered by loved ones and the community.

[AuntDi]

So very sorry to all those affected in this horrible loss.

[ceejay]

So sorry 😢 God be with this family and love ones🙏🏾💜

[Ninnjette-]

That's heartbreaking.. This is something the mother and sister, will never get over. Rightly so. So sorry..

[MikeG]

3 houses in 15 years in Plum... what is going on in Plum?

[lashondataylor]

I send my condolence to the family and I send my prayers out to the family rest in peace Father and Son😢

[derekhilliard]

So sorry for this terrible tragedy. God confert this grief stricken family . This brings me to tears. My son is the same age as this young man. And athletic. Baseball and football. RIP and his father🙏🙏🙏😭😭😪😇

[JusticeRyan-nd]

I know both are in a better place now looking down. My condolences to the family😢🙏

[Anne.]

That’s crazy a water heater can blow up like that

[shahzadaslam]

what a tragedy so sorry for the loss of life

[riseabove]

I’ll say “details are still unclear.” What are the names of the other victims? What is the name of 141 homeowner? Was he in basement with Casey & Keegan? But survived? Why was there no water pressure for the firefighters to knock down the fires?

[tinaerkul]

It happened to my grandparents’s house we were visiting but although it caught on fire and they made it out safe, it was the Water Heater tank thingy that caused.

[crimsonpearl]

Terrible, where they in the actual home that exploded, or a neighboring home that was leveled??

[dee]

CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATE'S., .. MY GOD 🙏💐🫂🤗💕😢🕊️😞🫢🥺

[christinegomez]

RIP littleone and dad forever together sad way how they died😢

[lilybond]

Makes me sick. Life over — in an instant.

[tricatfilms]

My guess is fracking in the area led to a HUGE buildup of methane under the house. They were doing some work in the basement, opened a pocket of ventilation somehow and all that methane made contact with the pilot light of the water heater. If you watch the RING doorbell footage that would make the most sense. Any leak inside the house would have been detected by smell days/weeks ago, and would have escaped out of windows or the doors anytime they opened them to alleviate the pressure.

[xiemangun]

😭😭😭
🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
Deepest condolences..!!!

[lilybond]

Well there it is — “hot water tank issues”.

[northwoodsmanbybobolink]

There’s no doubt in my mind it was the hot water heater in the basement that caused the explosion.