WALNUTPORT, Pa. (AP) - Authorities say one person has died and another is missing after an early morning house fire and explosion in eastern Pennsylvania.
Northampton County coroner Zack Lysek told WFMZ-TV that remains of one person were recovered from the Lehigh Township home, where the blaze was reported just before 1 a.m. Monday.
Chief Scott Fogel of the township police department said earlier a 36-year-old man and his 10-year-old son were unaccounted for.
Fire crews battled both flames and frigid temperatures, and Lysek said the cold was hampering the search for a second possible victim.
The cause of the fire and reported blast that destroyed the 2½ story home remains under investigation. A nearby barn was undamaged.
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