Victims of home explosion near Wahpeton identified
WAHPETON (AP) — Authorities in southeastern North Dakota have identified the individual who died in a home explosion and the two others who were injured.
The Richland County Sheriff’s Office said Monday 84-year-old Mavis Onchuck was killed in the explosion at a rural home near Wahpeton.
Twenty-five-year-old Danielle Faller and 22-year-old Cole Defries were injured and were treated and released from a hospital.
The home was destroyed by the explosion Saturday morning.
The State Fire Marshal’s office and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation are investigating.