Crews respond to massive house explosion in West Virginia
Raw video: Multiple victims reported following incident in Charles Town, West Virginia.
A West Virginia home was destroyed in an explosion Monday, causing non-life-threatening injuries to two people, according to officials.
The explosion occurred at a home in Charles Town, near the border with Maryland and Virginia, around 1 p.m., Fox 5 DC reported.
Witnesses told the station that the homeowners were having problems with their propane furnace on Sunday. A technician reportedly arrived at the home Monday to fix the propane furnace and smelled gas.
The homeowner and the technician were taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Fox 5 reported, citing witnesses. There were reportedly two teenage boys who were home during the explosion, but they were unharmed.
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Photos and video footage from news outlets show firefighters dousing the remnants of a fire at the leveled house. Fire officials said they were trying to determine what caused the explosion.
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A message left with Charles Town’s fire department wasn't immediately returned.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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