Some apartments deemed safe after deadly explosion in Beaver Dam

UPDATE (WKOW) -- Some residents are allowed to return to their homes after a deadly explosion Monday at their apartment building in Beaver Dam. 

The Dodge County Sheriff's Office says 11 units are deemed safe for occupants to return at the Village Glen Apartments on Knaup Drive.

Those residences are posted on the Dodge County Sheriff's Facebook page.

Still, the Beaver Dam Police Department and Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is maintaining the evacuation order in place for all other residences that have already been evacuated. Residences that have not yet been deemed safe, they ask those residents to not try to return to their home as they will not be allowed in. Any residents who are unsure if they'll be allowed back in.

Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are helping local law enforcement agencies with the investigation.

The explosion happened around 1 p.m. Monday at the Village Glen Apartments on Knaup Drive. Police say the man who died is in his late 20's.

For more on this story: http://www.wkow.com/story/37653250/2018/03/05/one-dead-in-beaver-dam-apartment-explosion


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