Two people are dead and another two remain missing after a house exploded in New Jersey, police say.
Police responded to reports of a house fire around 10:35 a.m. ET in the South Jersey town of Buena, according to Franklin Township Police Chief Matthew DeCesari. The incident was confirmed to have been an explosion, he said.A 1-year-old girl was flown to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia in critical condition, DeCesari said. A 16-year-old girl was also flown to the hospital and is in stable condition, he said.
"We are working diligently to shift through that rubble and attempt to locate the other two individuals," DeCesari said.The relationships of the victims is unclear, DeCesari said. "It was an explosion, we don't know what caused it," DeCesari told reporters at a press briefing Thursday afternoon. "We are treating it as a criminal investigation at this point until we determine otherwise."Multiple fire departments responded to the scene. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, FBI and New Jersey State Police are also assisting in the investigation, DeCesari said.
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