A fiery explosion leveled a home this morning where students from Stonehill College lived, sending flames shooting into the air and injuring several people, witnesses said.
Six people were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, including the four college students who lived in the home, one employee from Bay State Gas, and one subcontractor from another company, according to Deputy Chief Allen Krajcik of the Easton Police Department. The most serious injury was suffered by the subcontractor, who was rushed to Brigham & Women's Hospital.
Bay State Gas had been working to replace a gas main all summer and had dug a trench in the street, said company spokesman Don DiNunno. A work crew was in the process of connecting the house that exploded to the new gas main, he said.
When asked what caused the explosion, DiNunno said, "It will take some time before an investigation is complete."
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