Nursing license suspended in connection with home explosion

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Posted: Fri 6:28 AM, Jan 18, 2013

FILE - This aerial file photo from Nov. 11, 2012, shows the two homes that were leveled and the numerous neighboring homes that were damaged from a massive explosion that sparked a huge fire and killed two people in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Matt Kryger, File)

The woman who owned the home at the center of a massive explosion in Indianapolis, has had her nursing license suspended by the state.

Monserrate Shirley faces murder charges for intentionally causing the November gas explosion, which killed two.

Authorities allege she did it to collect insurance money.

Damage to the surrounding area totals more than 4 million dollars.

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