A Dartmouth man is facing charges in connection with a house explosion that happened in the town earlier this month and left a resident seriously injured and a dog dead, police announced Wednesday.

Kevin Ruiz, 54, will be summonsed to New Bedford District Court on one count of possession of component parts capable of creating a destructive or incendiary device, possession of explosives and disturbing the peace and three counts of wanton destruction of property worth over $1,200, Dartmouth police said in a press release .

The explosions happened in the early morning of Sept. 2 in the garage of a home at 20 Sagamore Drive, Dartmouth police said. All the home’s residents fled before first-responders arrived, but one was left with serious but not life-threatening burns, and one of the re

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