2 injured after explosion, fire destroys house in Surrey, B.C.

Two people have been injured afteran explosion at a home in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday.

The local fire departmentwas called to the 2300-block of Iona Place around 8:45 p.m. PT, where crews found a single-family home engulfed in flames.

"It was very, fully involved," Assistant Fire Chief Shelley Morris said in an interview.

"The home is completely destroyed."

Morris said four people livedin the house, which is in a neighbourhood in the northwest of the city. Two were unhurt, but two were hospitalized.

Surrey RCMPCpl. Vanessa Munnsaid the two people hurt sufferednon-life threatening injuries.

"Based on the initial investigation, the explosion was believed to be the gas line," said Munn in a statement, who said officers responded to reports of an explosion from within the home followed by a fire.

Witness Harpinder Sandhu told CBC he felt his own house shake sometime before 9 p.m. PT.

"Itkind of felt like a car crashed into the house," he said.

Several smaller explosions followed. Another nearby property was also damaged, Morris said.

Surrey RCMP say the scene is being held for the fire inspector to determine the cause of the fire.