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The subdivision of Paso Estates near Cooking Lake was shaken Sunday afternoon with a fatal home explosion that left one woman dead.

Mounties were called to Range Road 224 and Township Road 513 southeast of Sherwood Park around 2:10 p.m. Sunday for an explosion that destroyed the acreage home.

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A Strathcona County emergency services technical rescue team had to use ropes and other equipment to get to the damaged structure through the roof, which had collapsed on to the foundation, deputy fire Chief Bob Scott said Monday.

They found the body of a 39-year-old woman inside the home.

An injured 60-year-old man was taken to an Edmonton hospital, Scott said. His condition isn’t known.

A dog was rescued and taken to an emergency veterinarian.

“We have had investigators out there all day today and they’re going to be working there tomorrow,” Scott said.

“There’s extensive damage to the home. They haven’t ruled anything out just yet, other than the fact they don’t consider it suspicious.”

The house wasn’t hooked up to natural gas, but investigators are still following lines to see if there’s a connection to propane, he said.

The property was secured Sunday, and an excavator and Atco staff were at the site.

Households in the area reported hearing a loud “bang” earlier that day.

Neighbours said a man lived at the home, and believed he may have been doing some form of carpentry work on the home.