Pennsylvania man explodes home on his daughter's wedding day

A man from Pennsylvania blew up his house on his daughter's wedding day in what was under investigation for suicide, the authorities said.

The owner was found dead in the wreck on Saturday after the blast and fire that destroyed his property in Edgewood, reported the WTAE television channel.

Neighbors said they saw the man – whose identity was not revealed – on the sidewalk before the house was in flames.

"The whole house was on fire," neighbor Rochelle Levine told WTAE. "The whole house was a big flame. It has just exploded in a few minutes. "

Edgewood's chief of police, Robert Payne, said the department was investigating the blast as a suspicious incident.

"It looks like he's unplugged the gas line in the basement of the house and of course, it would not take a lot of spark to blow up the house," Payne told the newspaper.

Officials said suicide notes were found in the owner's vehicle.

Nicole Antolovich, a neighbor, said the explosion occurred the same day as the marriage of the man's daughter, WTAE reported.

"I've known them all my life," Antolovich told the news channel. "Their daughter was getting married today and they were supposed to be at a wedding."