Authorities say two people have died in a house explosion in rural northern Illinois. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office says in a posting on Facebook that first responders were called at 11:25 a.m. Saturday to the explosion outside LaSalle, about 80 miles southwest of Chicago, The sheriff’s office says the identities of the two people have not been released, and the cause of the explosion is being investigated. Among the agencies investigating the explosion are the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s office, the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Two people have died in a house explosion in rural northern Illinois, authorities said.
First responders were called at 11:25 a.m. Saturday to the explosion outside La Salle, about 80 miles southwest of Chicago, the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office said in a posting on Facebook. The identities of the two people have not been released, and the cause of the explosion is being investigated, the sheriff’s office said.
Among the agencies investigating the explosion are the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s office, the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, The Pantagraph reported.
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