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We now know the names of the two men killed in a horrific gas station explosion

CLEARWATER COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI) – Local News 8 spoke with Clearwater County Coroner Dennis Fuller on Tuesday, September 17th.

He told us the victims were 53-year-old Brandon Luther Cook of Orofino, and 62-year-old Wesley James Lineberry of Pierce, Idaho.

The coroner says both men were loggers who stopped at the gas station every day for a soda.

Four other people were hurt in the explosion.

Coroner Fuller says the flames were so intense, that the scene was still smoldering two days later.

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