Overview
- State fire investigators now assess the blast as likely linked to installation of a water heater at the rural home.
- Propane gas was identified at the scene during the investigation.
- The two people who died were identified by the coroner as Tammy Lee Brown, 66, and Daniel Dale Conner, 79.
- Neighbors reported an explosion around 2:45 p.m. on Jan. 8 near 57th Lane and Cherry Road south of Boone, and responders arrived to a structure fully engulfed.
- The investigation remains open, and the coroner has not issued official causes or manners of death pending autopsy findings.