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Beloit house explosion injures two

July 8, 2013 By WRN Contributor

Investigators believe a gas leak may have caused the explosion that leveled a Beloit home and injured two people Sunday evening.

Beloit Fire Chief Brad Liggett says a 33-year-old woman was found inside the home shortly after first responders arrived, just before 8 p.m. on Sunday. The woman was calling for help and firefighters used chainsaws to cut a hole in the roof and pull her through the opening. A 37-year-old male was located in the basement, but it took crews almost two hours to dig a tunnel to rescue him from under the collapsed first floor of the home.

The woman was taken to a Janesville hospital, while the man was flown to a Madison hospital. Both received burns in the explosion.

Liggett says the rental home was a total loss, with a debris field radius of a least 100 feet. While first responders did smell natural gas and neighbors were evacuated, he says utility crews checking the area did not find a leak extending beyond the home.

AUDIO: Chief Brad Liggett (:16)

The State Fire Marshall’s office is assisting in the ongoing investigation.

Stan Stricker, WCLO

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