Fiery explosion destroys Massachusetts home, injures mother and 2-year-old child

A powerful explosion tore through a Massachusetts home Wednesday morning, leaving a 25-year-old mother with severe burns and her 2-year-old child seriously injured as the house was engulfed in flames.

The explosion rocked a snow-covered street in Taunton, about 38 miles south of Boston, just days after the city was buried under more than two feet of snow. Residents several blocks away reported hearing a loud boom.

Emergency crews rushed to the three-family home around 9:50 a.m. and found the building fully ablaze.