Three people killed and 39 homes damaged in Indiana house explosion

Cause of the blast, the second house explosion in the area in just over five years, has not been determined

Three people were killed and 39 homes damaged on Wednesday when a house exploded in the southern Indiana city of Evansville, authorities said.

David Anson, chief deputy coroner for Vanderburgh county, told the Associated Press that the identities of the people who died would not be released until the next of kin has been notified.