Victims identified in NE Ohio home explosion

ELLSWORTH, Ohio (WKBN) — The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office has released the names of the victims in the Ellsworth home explosion this past weekend .

The victims include:

• Jeffrey Kocanyar, 69
• Joann Kocanyar, 67
• Julie Lubic, 33
• Adam Lubic, 33

The autopsies were conducted by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Several pets were also killed in the explosion.

Dispatch and fire officials received calls around 7:15 a.m. Saturday for reports of an explosion in the 8000 block of Huxley Road in Ellsworth Township.

Debris from the explosion was spread about half a mile from the scene. The blast also damaged surrounding homes, with some shifted on their foundations, windows blown in, ceilings cracked and items knocked off shelves and cabinets.

The incident remains under investigation by the State Fire Marshal and Mahoning County Coroner’s Office.

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