SHELBY COUNTY — One person is hospitalized after a house exploded in Shelby County Saturday afternoon.
Around 12:30 p.m. multiple Shelby County fire crews were called to the 15000 block of Miami Shelby Road to reports of an explosion in a home.
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“The victim was taken to Kettering Health Piqua,” said Anthony Bensman, Fletcher Volunteer Fire Department. “It did not appear to suffer life-threatening injuries.”
Sidney medics took one person to the hospital, dispatchers confirmed.
He said the victim was also a retired Fletcher firefighter.
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Bensman said there was no actual fire in the house following the explosion. There was a little smoldering.
The state fire marshal’s office is investigating the cause of the explosion.
We will update this story as more information becomes available.