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Smoke billows as firefighters spray water on a home that was leveled Thursday in an explosion on Lakeview Drive in Oakland. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)

An explosion that occurred at a home on Lakeview Drive in Oakland on Thursday has sent one person to the hospital, according to Maine State Police.

The blast was reported at about 3:40 p.m. in the area of 20 Lakeview Drive. Police said a middle-aged man was taken to Thayer Center for Health in Waterville, and later to Maine Medical Center in Portland.

State police did not release details on the man’s identity or the extent of his injuries. Authorities are investigating the cause of the blast.

Smoke billows as firefighters spray water on a home that was leveled in an explosion Thursday. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)

Emily Duggan is a staff writer for the Kennebec Journal. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of New Hampshire, where she was a news editor and staff writer for The New Hampshire....