The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department has concluded that one person was killed in the Thursday morning explosion in the Town of Wescott. “We were able to determine that there was one female in the residence at the time of the explosion and we found her deceased inside the home.” Shawano County Detective Gordon Kowalski says there were able to make contact with one of the homeowners, who was out of town and not home at the time of the explosion. The cause of the explosion has not been confirmed, but the belief is that propane was involved.