UPDATE (9:35 p.m.) - Authorities say 1 person is confirmed dead; however, they have not positively identified the body. The elderly homeowner is still missing. Click here for the latest report.
(NECN: Greg Wayland, Danville, NH) - Firefighters are investigating the cause of a house explosion in Danville, N.H.
This happened around noon on Pine St. and an elderly woman was inside the home.
The woman is still missing at this time.
The 88-year-old widow had lived by herself.
"I knew the lady well, I was helping her," said neighbor Ron Metcalfe of Audrey.
The disaster happened while he was on his routine daily visit to deliver "Meals on Wheels."
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"It blew the front wall right of the house," said Metcalfe.
"I started calling for Audrey. I could hear here. She was trying to answer me, and I went in to try and find her, but I couldn't breathe, so I had to leave."
The search is on for Audrey and for the cause.
