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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Clinton County, PA) According to Pennsylvania State Police, a mother and her six children died when their Central Pennsylvania home exploded and caught on fire yesterday. The explosion and fire happened at around 8:30 a.m. at a home on Long Run Road in Lamar Township of Clinton County, which is roughly 35 miles from State College. Crews arrived on the scene and found the home fully engulfed in flames, with the mother and her six children trapped. State police confirmed that they identified the 34-year-old woman who died in the fire as Sarah B. Stolzfus, and her 11-year-old son, 10-year-old son, 8-year-old daughter, 6-year-old daughter, 5-year-old son and 3-year-old son also died in the flames. State police also expressed that a propane leak inside the house might have caused the explosion and fire and propane tanks outside the home did not explode or contribute to the fire. The explosion and fire are under investigation by state police.