3 are killed and dozens of homes are damaged in Indiana house explosion

Three people were killed when a house exploded in Evansville, Indiana, on Wednesday in a blast that damaged 39 other homes, officials said.

Three people were killed when a house exploded in Evansville, Indiana, on Wednesday in a blast that damaged 39 other homes, officials said.

One person was also taken to a hospital after the explosion just before 1 p.m., Evansville Fire Chief Mike Connelly said. In an update Thursday morning, Connelly said that person had non-life-threatening injuries.

The identities of the dead and other details were not being released until next of kin are notified, the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office said.

The cause of the blast, which erupted on North Weinbach Avenue, has not yet been determined, Connelly said Thursday.

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives surveyed the blast site Wednesday evening, which the fire chief said “did not impede on the investigation by fire and police to go through and search through the damage.” 

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