Yep ... gas leak at the hot water heater probably filled up the basement. Once it ignited ...
Speakin' of which, frog king ... you may wanna have the castle's hot water heater checked before you have yer next Georgia Bulldawgie fan club party. Jest sayin'.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence