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Published August 3, 2008 at 12:08 p.m.
Updated August 3, 2008 at 1:50 p.m.

A home in the Roxborough subdivision southwest of Denver exploded in flames at 3:30 a.m. today with such force it set two neighboring homes ablaze.

Firefighters are searching the rubble for three to six bodies of people who may have been in the home and are unaccounted for at this hour.

Editor's note: We will be updating coverage throughout the day.

1:44 p.m.

Neighbors have organized a vigil tonight at 8 p.m. at the clock tower in Roxborough.

12:51 p.m.

West Metro Fire officials have found the third boy in the house. Authorities believe the body was found in a different part of the house.

12:22 p.m.

Two bodies have been pulled from the rubble. The search for a third continues.

11:40 a.m.

West Metro Fire officials extended the police line and hung up a blue tarp to begin pulling bodies out of the rubble.

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