Waxahachie home explosion injures 2

A house explosion in Ellis County sent two people to the hospital early Friday morning.

The explosion happened on Ike Road in Waxahachie around 2 a.m. on Friday, according to the Ellis County Fire Marshal.

Danny and Debbie Holveck, the only two people in the home at the time, were taken to a Dallas hospital.

The extent of the injuries are not known.

FOX 4 spoke to a neighbor who rushed to the scene.

"I got woke up with an explosion," said Billy Vest, who also happens to be a Waxahachie Fire Captain. "I just started heading up this way and came upon this. It's not everyday that you come up on a house that's lying on the ground like that."

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Neighbor describes house explosion

FOX 4 spoke to a neighbor who rushed to the scene after a home exploded on Ike Road on Friday morning.

Vest said he and a neighbor pulled one of the victims out of the rubble.

The cause of the explosion is under investigation.