At least five people were injured, two of them seriously, after a powerful early-morning explosion destroyed a home in Waxahachie, Texas.

Police say a home in the 100 block of Arabian Road unexpectedly blew up at around 8am local time and burst into flames, raining debris on neighboring houses in the Saddlebrook Estates section of the city.

Two of the victims who had been inside the doomed house were airlifted to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Their conditions remain unknown at this time.