7NEWS: House explosion in US kills five people
Plum Borough Police Chief Lanny Conley said the bodies of four adults and one adolescent were recovered after the blast on Saturday morning in the borough, about 32 kilometres east of Pittsburgh.Catch the best deals and products hand-picked by our team at“This is certainly a sad, sad day and a sad time, for not just the folks in Plum but all the folks in the community and in this region,” said Allegheny County executive Rich Fitzgerald on Sunday.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office is expected to provide additional information about the deceased victims. Crews from at least 18 fire departments worked to douse the flames with the help of water tankers from Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. Michael Huwar, president of Peoples Gas, said the company’s checks for gas leaks underground and in the air as well as the consistent pressure verified at regulation stations indicates that “our system was operating as designed.”
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