2 injured after explosion in Massachusetts home

HOLLISTON, Mass. (WLNE) — Two Massachusetts men are in the hospital after a home exploded in Holliston Monday afternoon.

Responders said they were called to the house shortly before 4 p.m. where they found two men, ages 59 and 61 with burns covering more than 35% of their bodies.

This is a photo of the home in Holliston where two men were badly burned in an explosion.

Both men were airlifted to area hospitals and their conditions were not immediately released.

Officials believe the explosion likely came from a furnace in the basement of the home.

The incident remains under investigation by police.