Pall bearers carry Iris and Violet Carey's casket into St. Mary of
the Assumption Church in Milford this morning. The Carey Sisters
were killed last week when the family's Hopkington home was
destroyed in a gas explosion. (Globe Staff Photo / David
Kamerman) |
Two girls killed
in house explosion buried
By Associated Press, 07/29/02
HOPKINTON, Mass. -- Two young sisters who died when their house was
leveled in a what authorities think was a natural gas explosion were buried
in the same coffin Monday.
Iris Carey, 4, and Violet Carey, 5, were killed in an explosion last
Wednesday that blew that roof off their Hopkinton house.
The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.
It could take weeks or months to determine the cause of the
investigation, officials said. There were no signs of rupture along the
lines running into the house.
"Now they're beginning to sort through the evidence and see what
they can take out for testing," said Jennifer Mieths, spokeswoman for
the state Department of Fire Services. "Sometimes those tests can take
weeks. They're focusing on the forensic part of the investigation."
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