Woman dead after explosion at Springfield townhouse identified

SPRINGFIELD — One person injured in an explosion at a Springfield townhouse has died from her injuries.

Assistant Fire Chief Brian Leciejewski of Springfield Fire Division confirmed Monday that one adult woman has died from her injuries.

Edeline Ducatel, 50, of Springfield, was identified by the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office Monday afternoon as the woman who died from her injuries.

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Firefighters were called out to the townhouse on East Home Road around 1 p.m. on reports of a natural gas leak.

Moments after crews arrived on the scene an explosion happened, Springfield Fire Chief Brian Miller told News Center 7 on scene Saturday.

“They were faced with two of the victims coming out of the structure and were told that there was a baby in the upstairs apartment,” Leciejewski said.

From there, firefighters went up to the second story and rescued the child.

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Ducatel, another woman and the 11-month-old girl were flown to area hospitals. One woman is the child’s mother and the two adults were sisters.

Leciejewski told News Center 7 that the mother injured remains in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital while the child is being treated at Shriners Children’s Ohio inside Dayton Children’s Hospital.

A resident nearby where the explosion happened told our crew that she “heard a loud boom and watched to building shoot out from the front.”

Another resident, Nidey Laborde, said he was forced to evacuate the chaotic scene.

“There was just a man speed-walking, just yelling, telling me to make sure everyone gets out,” Laborde said.

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