A woman is killed and a man is injured when their upstate New York house explodes

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A woman is killed and a man is injured when their upstate New York house explodes

Associated Press | Thursday, July 25, 2024 12:19 p.m.

Madison County NY Sheriff’s Office via AP

This photo shows debris from a house that had exploded, in Lincoln, N.Y., Wednesday. A woman was killed and a man was injured when their upstate New York house exploded, authorities said.

LINCOLN, N.Y. — A woman was killed and a man was injured when their upstate New York house exploded, authorities said.

The house exploded just after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the town of Lincoln in Madison County.

Crews from several police and fire departments arrived at the scene and found a man and a woman trapped in debris, said Samantha Field, a spokesperson for the county.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and the man was airlifted to a hospital, she said. The man’s condition wasn’t immediately released.

A photo distributed by county officials shows little left from the house but its mailbox.

The cause of the explosion is under investigation. Madison County Sheriff Todd Hood planned a news conference later Thursday.

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