The Citizens' Voice in Wilkes-Barre said police kept people from the property because of a suspected gas leak. Exeter Borough police Chief John McNeil said that besides the man inside the house, a bystander was injured.
Pa. residence explodes, 1 hospitalized
EXETER, Pa. (AP) - August 1, 2009 According to the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the explosion
occurred about 2 p.m. Saturday at a home in Exeter, leveling the
residence and causing damage to a cinderblock garage. Some nearby
buildings, including an elementary school, also were damaged.
