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vzb/L.S, 4:L1 I-M ionn moya unituary (zuut) - tjou[n bena, IN - 60LIM tsena I none occurred Thursday night at his home in the Arbor Pointe subdivision north of South X Bend. Family members said Friday that Floyd had been burned on more than 80 percent of his body, and that doctors initially told them it would be a miracle if he lived. Floyd worked as an officer for the South Bend Police Department for 35 years, retiring in 2006. At the time of his death, he had been working as a security guard at Washington High School, and had been with the South Bend Community School Corp. for 38 years. He is survived by three children, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, family members said. Floyd was the only person in his home, which is just south of the Indiana -Michigan state line and west of Portage Road, when it exploded shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday. The explosion hurled debris for more than 100 yards, heavily damaged eight nearby homes, and was heard as far away as Cassopolis and Edwardsburg. Investigators are working to determine the cause. For more on this developing story, read Sunday's South Bend Tribune. Staff writer Joshua Stowe: jstowe@sbtinfo.coni (574) 235-6359 Published by South Bend Tribune on Sep. 22, 2007. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store. httnc•/hMenn/ lonary rnm/i is/nhiti iarioc/ern ithhanrltrihi ina/namo/inhn-flnvrl_nhiti iani7nir1=QAA7AQ7A 7/q7