On the afternoon of May 8, 1987, at 12:40 PM, the house at 421 Dudley Avenue in Narberth exploded. Randall Greenberg, a 27-year-old resident of the house, was taken to Lankenau in critical condition. He had second and third-degree burns over 95% of his body. Later that month, Greenberg died from the injuries he sustained in the fire.
In August of 1987, police reported it was Greenberg himself who had set the fire, which the explosion that killed him