Princeton, Minn. (KFGO) – The Mille Lacs County Sheriff’s Office and the state fire marshal are investigating a fatal house explosion in Princeton Tuesday morning.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Aaron Evenson says emergency dispatch received multiple 911 calls just before 4 a.m. of a possible explosion.
Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene to find a single-family mobile home that appeared to have exploded with a large debris field that was partially on fire.
A search of the debris turned up two victims, 60-year-old Royce Kreger Jr. and his wife, 61-year-old Katherine Kreger. Both were dead at the scene. The sheriff’s office says a family dog was also found dead in the debris.
Princeton is east of St. Cloud.
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