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2 dead, 1 hospitalized in Crawfordsville home explosion

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Posted at 4:54 PM, Aug 05, 2023
and last updated 2023-08-06 11:13:06-04

MONTGOMERY COUNTY — Two people were killed and one was injured in a house explosion in Montgomery County early Saturday morning.

Officials were called to the 2900 block of West 400 North at 8:23 a.m.

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Two people were found dead in the house. A third person made it out of the house and was airlifted to a local hospital.

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The Montgomery County Coroner identified the deceased as 90-year-old Richard Chastain and 91-year-old Marilyn Fox.

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The cause of the explosion is still under investigation by the Crawfordsville Fire Department and Indiana State Fire Marshall.