Two women from Massachusetts were killed in a camper explosion at a popular campground in Maine over the weekend, authorities said Monday.

Alesia Ventura-Large, 58, of Marlboro, and 57-year-old Nancy Pilsch of Leominster, were both severely burned in the explosion Saturday afternoon at the Powder Horn Campground on Cascade Road in Old Orchard Beach.

They were both rushed to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where they died on Sunday, according to the State Fire Marshal in Maine.

Two women died a day after a gas explosion in this camper at the Powder Horn Campground in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Maine Fire Masrhal

Pictures posted by the fire marshal's office on Facebook showed the extensive damage throughout the camper after the fire was put out.

Gas leak, candle may have triggered

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