(WBBM NEWSRADIO) – An explosion sparked a fire, destroyed a home and injured a person Tuesday afternoon in DeKalb County.
Officials responded to a report of an explosion about 1:40 p.m. at a home in the 5800 block of Goble Road in Earlville, about 70 miles west of Chicago, according to the DeKalb County sheriff’s office.
The house was burning, but it was already leveled by the time several fire departments, the Illinois Conservation Police and the sheriff’s office arrived, officials said.
A victim was taken from the home with unknown injuries. DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Sullivan said that person's injuries reportedly were not life-threatening.
The cause of the explosion was not known and was being investigated.
The explosion came one week after a house in northwest suburban Woodstock blew up in a natural gas leak. That blast leveled the home and damaged at least 10 buildings, including a church and a school, officials there said.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2023.
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