Blasts shatter Blackfoot home
John Bulger/Idaho State Journal

BLACKFOOT - A suspected gas leak caused a series of explosions in an occupied mobile home Thursday afternoon. An unidentified woman and her baby escaped the trailer unharmed, according to witnesses and police.

The first explosion occurred at approximately 3 p.m., according to a nearby resident of Cottonwood Trailer Park. Maclovio Madrigal, 48, said he was outside his home, approximately two door down, when the first blast occurred.

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