( CNN ) -- Search crews found a second body in the ruins of a furniture store destroyed by a gas explosion in Wayne , Michigan , the city 's fire chief said early Thursday . The body of a 54-year-old woman , a store employee , was pulled from the rubble of Franks Furniture around 10:45 p.m. Wednesday , according to Wayne Fire Chief Mel Moore . Earlier in the day , the body of a 64-year-old man was also recovered . He was identified only as a male employee of the store , who lived in Westland , Michigan . The store 's owner , Paul Franks , 64 , was pulled from the wreckage shortly after the explosion , which occurred at about 9 a.m. , City Manager John Zech said . He was in serious but stable condition at the University of Michigan Hospital 's burn unit . Search and rescue crews , aided by heavy equipment , continued to remove huge amounts of rubble from the scene of the blast , which damaged several buildings in addition to the furniture store . Moore said the process was made more difficult by the removal of `` thousands of pounds of concrete '' from the store 's roof trusses . As many as 300 people were evacuated after the explosion and a second reported leak in a neighborhood adjoining the furniture store in the suburban Detroit city . As of Wednesday night , residents of all but nine homes were able to return , and were being offered lodging elsewhere for the night , said Debra Dodd , a spokeswoman for the gas utility , Consumers Energy . Mayor Abdul `` Al '' Haidous described Frank 's Furniture as one of the `` jewels '' of the city , and said Franks has been a leader in civic life . `` He has served this city with a great deal of integrity , '' the mayor said . Before the explosion , a Consumers Energy gas worker was two blocks away investigating the reported gas leak , Dodd said . `` We do n't know at this time what caused the incident this morning , '' Dodd said Wednesday night , but added that the utility will work with the state Public Service Commission in investigating .
Second body is found in the rubble of a furniture store , official says . Store owner is in serious but stable condition . - A man who was shot and killed by police during an attempted robbery at his home on Friday morning has been identified as Michael Brown, 18, according to local media reports.