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Police believe Tonowanda Man Intentionally Blew Up his Duplex
June 25, 2011 Wednesday morning at around 9:00 am, neighbors of a duplex in Tonowanda heard a "gigantic boom" the Buffalo News reports. Jonathon Smith, the man who lived at this duplex, was seriously burned by the explosion as neighbors explained.
Now, police are saying that through the evidence they gathered, the event look intentional. When asked about a possible motive as to why someone would try to blow up their own apartment, Lt.Nicholas A. Bado responded "Relationship problems".