URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A man has been injured in a house explosion and fire in eastern Illinois.
The explosion was reported shortly after 9 a.m. Friday at a ranch-style home in Urbana, south of Chicago.
A number of area fire departments responded and brought the blaze under control.
Champaign County sheriff’s Lt. Curt Apperson told the News-Gazette in Champaign that people in the area pulled the injured man from the rubble. He was being treated at a hospital for injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
The state Fire Marshal’s office has been asked to look into what caused the explosion.
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