Owner of exploded Brentwood home faced previous housing violations
Photo credit: Chris Ware | A home in Brentwood on 12 Prospect Dr, which exploded earlier in the day. (Aug. 14, 2012)
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House explosionThe owner of the Brentwood home that exploded Tuesday was cited last year for operating an illegal rooming house and was fined $3,000 after pleading guilty in June to housing violations, Islip Town officials said.
An investigator from the town's Division of Code Enforcement documented 10 violations and issued a summons Sept. 26 to the property owner after a tenant in the house complained about...
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