Authorities were notified of the explosion at 6 p.m. Thursday. They arrived to find a large area of the home had been blown apart, and half of it was engulfed in flames.
Raymond Reidl was able to escape the home with the help of a neighbor, but Joyce Reidl was trapped inside by debris as the fire spread. She was pulled from the home by firefighters.
The cause of the explosion is being investigated.