Officials in Gloucester County say they have launched a criminal investigation after an intense fire -- which, neighbors called an explosion -- killed two people in Washington Township, New Jersey.

Neighborhood doorbell cameras captured the moment the South Jersey home suddenly exploded around 2 a.m., with the house completely engulfed in flames in just minutes as first responders raced to the scene.

Two people are dead after a home exploded in New Jersey on Sunday night, footage of which was captured on a security doorbell, local outlet ABC6 reported.

Officials were called to a neighborhood in Washington Township, New Jersey, after a home burst into flames on Sunday, May 11.

A massive explosion that leveled a New Jersey home early Sunday and reportedly killed two people was so powerful that neighbors said it sounded like a bomb going off.

With a series of booms, the 22-story Sheraton Crossroads Hotel, a landmark near the tip of New Jersey since 1987, was demolished Saturday morning. The hotel, seen from Route 17 near the New Jersey/New York border,