One dead, one injured in Hampton house explosion

One person died and another was seriously injured after a house exploded Tuesday morning in the southern Dakota County community of Hampton, authorities confirmed.

Calls came into the Dakota County Sheriff's Office about 6:15 a.m. with several people as far away as Hastings and Farmington reporting that they heard a loud boom. A cloud of smoke was seen rising over the tree line on the 24700 block of Lewiston Boulevard, a supervisor for the Dakota County Sheriff's Office dispatch center said.

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