2 victims ID's in house explosion

UNION COUNTY, GA. (CBS46) – Investigators are looking into what caused a deadly home explosion that killed two people on Sunday morning.

Authorities have identified the victims as Ralph Norris Wood, Jr., 78, and Peggy Wood, 77.

The blast destroyed their 1,594-square-foot home that was around 26 years old and damaged several other homes nearby.

The explosion occurred at 307 Pauline Lane in Blairsville.

The victims’ bodies were taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab in Atlanta