"This has developed into a criminal investigation and will be actively ongoing until more information is available," the city said in a statement late Thursday.
"Devastated, upset, scared. We don't know what we're going to do now," said Diane Hutto, 51, after finding her home severely damaged by water that firefighters poured on it to keep it from catching fire.
Residents who were forced to flee the towering blaze returned to assess the damage on Thursday. They found mailboxes and vehicles partially melted by the intense heat, a neighborhood park charred and destroyed and fences burned to the ground.
Officials in Deer Park, where the explosion occurred, described the crash as an accident, and said police and local FBI agents have not found evidence of a coordinated or terrorist attack.
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