UPDATE Fatal House Explosion In Kitchener Turns To Homicide Investigation

Waterloo Regional Police say 58-year-old Edresilda Haan's death is a result of a homicide.

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Emergency crews responded to a house explosion on Wednesday just after 8am in the city's Forest Heights neighbourhood. 

Ornge Air Ambulance was called to the scene and air lifted a man with critical injuries to a Hamilton General Hospital.

Waterloo Regional Police say multiple homes in the area also caught fire.

The investigation into the explosion at a Sprucedale Crescent residence in Kitchener is being treated as a homicide investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call police or @WaterlooCrime. More details here: https://t.co/KXVfhFVZZu pic.twitter.com/pXSgN3TVd5

— Waterloo Reg. Police (@WRPSToday) August 23, 2018