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Written By: Robert Cox

Strome, Carroll, Schaller and Hearle on hand

police now saying explosion caused by fumes from open container of gasoline inside vehicle.

no known prior threats

victim was 70 years old, at social club at 111 union ave for three hours, car was locked, passersby pulled victim from vehicle.

victim is not providing information to investigators

police operating basis that this was accidental spontaneous combustion. Schaller says this has happened before . Carroll says gasoline has a low combustion point.

container recovered a melted glob of plastic, smelled like gasoline but awaiting chemical analysis.