By Associated Press - Tuesday, March 21, 2017

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - Authorities say two people sustained life-threatening injuries Tuesday when a boiler room at in an eastern Idaho church exploded.

Television station KIDK (https://bit.ly/2nysXXJ) reports the Pocatello Fire Department was notified of an explosion and fire at the First Congregational United Church of Christ about 2:15 p.m.

Few details were immediately available. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire in the boiler room, and two people with serious injuries were to a nearby hospital.



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