Three people have been hospitalized and three others are missing after a house in Pennsylvania exploded, flattening neighbors’ homes and sparking a massive fire
Three people have been hospitalized and three others are missing after a house in Pennsylvania exploded, flattening neighbors’ homes and sparking a massive fire
- Three people have been hospitalized and three people are missing after a house in Pennsylvania exploded at about 10:23 a.m. Saturday morning
- The cause of the explosion remains unclear and officials say the crime scene, where several homes were leveled to a heap of smoldering ash, is still active.
Three people have been hospitalized and three others are missing after a house in Pennsylvania exploded, gutting neighbors’ homes after sparking a massive fire.
Footage of the explosion circulating online shows a home in Plum, Pittsburgh, in what appears to be a fairly sleepy neighborhood, exploding and sending debris flying about.
Emergency services were called to Rustic Ridge Drive and Brookside Drive at about 10:23 a.m. Saturday morning and discovered people trapped under the rubble, while two others were engulfed in flames, police said.
First responders who arrived on scene were met by a massive inferno that had created a large plume of thick, black smoke at the scene.
Several homes were leveled in the incident with aerial footage showing at least three empty lots where homes once stood and multiple properties with broken windows and exterior damage.
Three people are hospitalized and three people are missing after a house in Pennsylvania exploded, gutting neighbors’ homes after sparking a massive fire
Footage of the explosion circulating online shows a home in Plum, Pittsburgh, in what appears to be a fairly sleepy neighborhood, exploding and sending debris flying about
Allegheny and Westmoreland counties sent water tankers to the scene and 18 different fire departments coordinated to douse the flames and conduct rescue operations.
Three people were transported to local hospitals and three others are currently missing as officials continued to check gas lines and nearby homes for a cause of the seizure, police said.
“The scene remains very active,” said Amie Downs, communications director for Allegheny County.
Chief of the Holiday Park Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Management Coordinator for Plum, James Sims, said he has been to at least “six explosions in Plum.”
“This is the worst I’ve seen in 47 years or 48 years, the worst, just the amount of damage,” he said. what.
The house that exploded belonged to the city manager, Mike Thomas, Plum Mayor Harry Schlegel told the outlet. It is still unclear what condition Thomas is in.
Emergency services were called around 10:23 a.m. Rustic Ridge Drive and Brookside Drive on Saturday morning and found people trapped under the rubble, while two others were engulfed in flames, police said
Three people were transported to local hospitals and three others are currently missing as officials continued to check gas lines and nearby homes for a cause of the seizure, police said
The house that exploded belonged to the city manager, Mike Thomas, Plum Mayor Harry Schlegel told the outlet. It is still unclear what condition Thomas is in
His wife and daughter were taken to hospital and a man who lives in a neighboring home was flown to UPMC Mercy to be treated in the hospital’s burn unit, the mayor said.
Neighbor Alexis Typanski said she was asleep when she heard the thunderous blast.
“I heard this ‘boom.” It was so loud it woke me up. “I thought it was thunder from last night’s storm,” she said.
“My water bottle fell down on me instantly. I was shaking. It scared me so much.’
This is an evolving story.