"GRAHAM, WA — Authorities believe an explosion and fire Sunday at the Washington state home of Josh Powell has killed him and his two children.
"Police are awaiting verification from the Medical Examiner’s Office, but they believe the three dead are Powell, the husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell, and their two children, said Ed Troyer of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office.
"Troyer said emails Powell sent authorities seemed to confirm that Powell planned the deadly blast.
"The explosion occurred just moments after a Child Protective Services worker brought the two boys to the home for a supervised visit, said Graham Fire and Rescue Chief Gary Franz.
"`Everything we know right now, this has become a crime scene,` Franz said.
"Powell let the boys into his Graham house, then blocked the social worker from entering. The social worker called her supervisors to report that she could smell gas, and the home exploded.
"`What happened here was a deeply wrong thing. It was an act of evil. It wasn’t a tragedy,` Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said, as reported by the Tacoma News Tribune."
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