OLD ORCHARD BEACH, M.E. — The two Massachusetts women who died from injuries suffered in a camper explosion at Old Orchard Beach in Maine smelled a strange odor and lit a candle prior to the fiery eruption, the Maine State Fire Marshal’s office said Monday.

Large, 58, of Marlborough and 57-year-old Nancy Pilsch of Leominster died after a gas leak caused their camper to explode in Old Orchard Beach.

Two women from Central Massachusetts were killed over the weekend in camper explosion in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. The Maine Department of Public Safety identified the victims as Alesia Ventura Large, 58, of Marlborough; and Nancy Pilsch, 58, of Leominster.