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Two people killed in an Oswego house explosion · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Two people killed in an Oswego house explosion. Written by
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  Eric Shelkoff. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlett. Two people were found
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  dead following a house explosion in Oswego on Thursday, January
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  twenty ninth. The incident remains under investigation. At five to
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  two pm Thursday, the Aswego Fire Protection District was dispatched
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  to the two hundred block of Fox Chase Drive North
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  for a reported house explosion with reports of people trapped.
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  According to a news release from the district, initial crews
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  arrived on scene at five or six pm and found
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  a two story wood frame house that had collapsed and
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  was fully engulfed in fire. The release said firefighters initiated
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  suppression operations and search efforts immediately. The fire district said
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  once the fire was largely extinguished, a natural gas line
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  continued to burn. Nick Er Gas responded with a dig
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  crew and successfully clamped off the gas supply, allowing fire
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  crews to safely continue operations. The fire district said two
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  people were found dead in the debris. The fire district
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  said fire crews remained on the scene for an extended
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  period because of the unstable condition of the structure and
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  to assist with the investigation and seeing safety. The fire
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  district said. The Kendall County Corner's Office responded to the
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  scene and is handling matters related to the victims. According
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  to the release, numerous agencies assisted at the scene and
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  with station coverage, including Aurora Fire Department, Aurora Township Fire
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  Protection District, Plainfield Fire Protection District, Montgomery Fire Protection District,
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  Sugar Grove Fire Protection District, Naperville Fire Department, Bolingbrook Fire Department,
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  as well as the Oswego Police Department, and the Kendall
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  County Sheriff's Office Aswigo Fire Protection District. Fire investigators are
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  being assisted in the investigation by the US Illinois Office
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  of the State Fire Marshal, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
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  Firearms and Explosives, and Mobots Division fifteen Fire Investigators