LASALLE, Ill. (AP) — 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.
