This afternoon an explosion destroyed a home on 182nd Avenue in Big Lake Township. Three people were hurt, two woman and a man, with non-life threatening injuries. They were airlifted to Minneapolis hospitals.
Laddy and Ruth Cusick, both 79, were moving into their new home with the help of Chester and Mary Richardson when the explosion occurred. There are reports that they smelled natural gas which is thought to have caused the explosion.
Unfortunately, by the time the fire department arrived the home was a total loss.
