ANDERSON, S.C. --
Fire investigators are trying to determine why the stove in an Anderson County home was rigged to trigger a natural gas explosion -- and who is responsible.
The home is on Dunlap Road near Highway 81 in the Hopewell Community.
Fire Chief Billy Gibson said that two real estate agents who went to look at the home called 911 to report smelling propane or natural gas inside the home.
Investigators went to the home and found a burned rag on the electric stove and gas filling the home.
Gibson said that he believed someone intentionally started gas flowing into the home, hoping that the burning rag would cause an explosion.
Gibson said that the house is for sale and the owners live in Atlanta.
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