Relatives of a child killed and other family members critically injured in a fatal house explosion are asking the community for support.

Alistair Lamb, 5, died Wednesday night when a Liberty Gas subcontractor struck a gas line near his Lexington, Missouri, home. Lamb’s sister and father survived the explosion with severe burns.

Residents in Lexington, Mo., tell KSHB 41 they are dealing with grief and frustration after an explosion and fire Wednesday night killed a child and injured his father and sister.

Hours after the explosion that killed one child, crews were still working in Lexington, Mo. The incident left the community ...