BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a fire that seriously damaged a home in a densely packed Vermont neighborhood.
Bellows Falls Fire Chief William Weston said a witness heard an explosion at the home on Tuesday morning, and saw heavy smoke coming from the basement windows.
No one was hurt; the occupants had left the home a short time before the fire.
Weston said the home was heated with a wood pellet stove in the basement.
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