Body recovered from southeast Calgary house levelled in explosion

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A body has been recovered from a southeast Calgary house destroyed in a weekendexplosion, police confirmed Monday.

The fiery explosionoccurred in the community of Douglas Glenaround 4:20 a.m. MT Sunday.

Calgary police have taken over the investigation but would not comment further on the case.

Neighbours said the owner of the home is out of the country, but someone who had been renting it was unaccounted for.

Calgary fire department spokesperson Carol Henke said more than 25calls were made to911 in theearly morning hours Sunday.

Henke saidcrews called to the 300 block of Douglas Glen Close S.E. found one home destroyed and at least two others damaged.

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One home was levelled and several others were damaged by an apparent explosion in the southeast Calgary community of Douglas Glen early Sunday morning

"Some callers were several blocks away," Henke said Sunday. She said crews found a "fully involved house fire with flames spreading to neighbouring residences."

Strong windsand cold temperatures hampered efforts to get the flames under control.

Itwas 17 C at the time and winds were gusting up to 40 km/h, according to Environment Canada.

"The debris pattern around the neighbourhood would indicate there was an explosion," Capt. Paul Frederick of the Calgary fire departmentsaid Sunday.

Henke is askinganyone who has photos or videos linked to the firetoemail them to her.