Three Children Missing After Lodge Explosion
Three children were missing and 16 people were injured after a fiery explosion destroyed a remote mountain lodge as people started arriving for a family reunion, authorities said.
The children, ages 3, 12 and 15, were from the same family, said Delta County Sheriff Fred McKee.
The explosion Saturday may have been caused by propane, which was used for heating, he said.
The charred rubble was still too hot for searchers to enter the Electric Mountain Lodge, about 230 miles southwest of Denver, and snow made it impossible to get heavy search equipment to the site.
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