India, Feb. 17 -- Five people, including a firefighter, were injured in an explosion at a church in New York, local authorities said, according to local media reports.

Emergency crews responded to a reported gas odor at Abundant Life Church in Boonville on Tuesday.

All those injured were taken to a hospital in Utica for treatment.

Two individuals, the firefighter and another person, were listed in critical condition, New York State Police said, while the remaining victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The church appeared to be destroyed.

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