GRINNELL, Iowa (KCCI) - Five years ago, a central Iowa couple was killed when their home exploded because of a gas leak.

KCCI reports , their daughters just settled a lawsuit against the gas company who they said misdiagnosed an issue in the gas system.

Where the Stepanek’s home stood is now a grass field. But the family still has hope that some good can come out of their tragic death.

″It’s very difficult to kind of pick up and keep going sometimes you know? But we do,” said Dori Stepanek.

It’s been 5 years since Dara Knudtson and Dori Stepanek’s parents’ home exploded, leaving behind mounds of rubble in the middle of their acreage.

The explosion, caused by a gas leak, killed both Darwin and Marlene Stepanek.

″All we knew was the house was on fire and that was all we knew at that p

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