SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

A house exploded and caught fire Thursday morning in south Sacramento, leaving one person dead, officials said.

Fire crews were dispatched at 6:15 a.m. to a property on 39th Street south of 14th Avenue in the South Oak Park neighborhood after receiving multiple 911 calls about a house explosion.

Upon arrival, firefighters saw a well-involved fire and subsequent explosions, the Sacramento Fire Department said. A deceased person was found toward the front of the house. The blast impacted at least two to three other nearby structures.

It was unclear what caused the explosion. The age and gender of the person killed is also not known. Crews are expected to be on-site for the next four to six hours.

A neighbor told KCRA he heard a loud explosion while having his mornin

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