Now residents on the beleaguered Duchess Drive in Mississauga are staring at yet another twist in this already strange case - the apparent existence of a suicide note found in the rubble.

Reports indicate investigators poring through the ashes located the letter as they searched for the cause of the blast that obliterated the home, injured two men and badly damaged the homes of two people who lived next door.

Grace Garland, one of those who lost her home in the detonation, notes if it was an aborted attempt at self destruction, it was a tremendously selfish act.

"I'm furious, absolutely furious," she vents.  "If he wanted to kill himself, do it, but don't take us out at the same time." 

Her husband is even more upset. "I'm twice as angry I'm sure," Cy Garland fumes. "I'm walking around seething."

The Garlands are not only homeless because of the explosion, but pet-less as well. Their beloved cat was killed in the incident. 

But whatever the real cause, some are just grateful to still be here after seeing their lives literally flash before their eyes.

"I'm just feeling so good that I'm able to be alive after Monday," recounts Steve Allen, a jogger who was injured as he ran by the exploding house. "And it's hard to have negative thoughts, because I'm so grateful about where I am now."

Police have so far refused to characterize the owner, John Walkiewicz, as a suspect in the case. He somehow survived the incredible inferno and is recovering in St. Michael's Hospital with broken bones and bruises.

He had just sold the home after a bitter divorce and the deal was supposed to close on the day the residence blew up. The property had back taxes owning and the profits from the sale were going to pay those off and then be split amongst Walkiewicz and his estranged wife.

The Garland home has been boarded up and has been designated as no longer safe to live in. Engineers have to assess the damage and see whether the structure can stay up or has to be torn down.

The couple is bunking down with neighbours until that decision is made. "We're staying at this house right here 'cause they went to the cottage," Grace Garland points out. "And next month we have their house," she adds, pointing to a separate home nearby. "We always knew it was a fabulous neighbourhood but it just proved how fabulous."

They've lived there for 41 years. Until Monday.  

The Ontario Fire Marshal's office expects to determine a definitive cause of the blast sometime over the next few days.