A Michigan man says he’s been left with more than $68,000 in damage after his neighbor’s house exploded and now his insurance company refuses to pay. He says he feels abandoned, stuck footing the bill for a disaster that wasn’t his fault.
David Fauls was playing with his kids in his basement when he heard a loud boom. He soon discovered that his neighbor’s home had exploded, leaving little more than a pile of rubble.
Michigan House Explosion Kills Four, Injures Two Others
Fauls’ neighbor, Richard Pruden, and his grandson were injured in the blast, but Pruden’s daughter, her husband, and two other children were killed. Officials later ruled the Northfield Township incident an “undetermined fuel-air explosion,” according to Detroit’s WXYZ-TV.
In the aftermath of that December 2023 incident, Fauls began to assess the damage to his home…