Suspect believed dead after South Ozone Park home intentionally blown up in gas-fed fire: police

A suspect is believed to be dead after a house collapsed in a 5-alarm gas-fed fire in South Ozone Park, Queens, that appears to have started as a domestic dispute.

The house on 130th Street exploded in a roar of flames just before 3 a.m. Thursday.

Police officers had responded to a 911 call of a domestic dispute at the home, and a suspect armed with a knife. As they arrived, they smelled gas coming from the structure and were met by a woman, who gave them the keys to her basement apartment.

The officers were attempting to enter the apartment to look for her estranged husband when the house exploded.

Law enforcement officials believe the suspect and estranged husband, 50-year-old Anroop Parasram, was killed in the basement of the collapsed building after intentionally setting himself on fire.

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