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Posted: 10:50 PM Jun 2, 2007
House Explosion
Body found as explosion flattens home, injures 3 others
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WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say the body of a woman was found in the basement of a Wauwatosa home that was flatted Saturday in an explosion.
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Wauwatosa Fire Chief Dean Redman says three neighbors were also injured in the blast, including one seriously enough to be treated at the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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Redman says the woman in the home was likely in the kitchen when the explosion occurred.
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Her identity has not been revealed, but a family member was on the scene.
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The blast took place shortly after 11 o'clock and sent neighbors outside to see a plume of debris and fire shoot 75 feet into the air.
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Debris was scattered as far as two blocks away.
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Neighbor Brad Allen says his entire home shook as a result of the blast.
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Redman says authorities are still investigating what caused the explosion that also severely damaged several other homes in the neighborhood.
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(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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