Body cam footage of deadly gas explosion in Ohio

we are learning more about just what caused a huge explosion that blew out the ground floor of an apartment building in Youngtown Ohio just days ago and we're now seeing dramatic video you see it right here of First Responders at this scene just moments after the blast ABC's Phil lipof is here with more those heroing first moments Phil good morning to you Jana good morning and that dramatic body cam video that you're talking about gives us some more insight this morning into just how chaotic the moments were after that blast also this morning we now know people had just a matter of minutes to get out of that building before it exploded this morning we're learning more about what may have caused that deadly gas explosion at an Ohio building that killed one and injured at least seven others and this new video from an officer's body cam showing the moments immediately after the blast as First Responders rush into the building you can clearly hear the sound of gas hissing as firefighters try to rescue survivors my firefighters went floor by floor clearing that building to ensure that no one else was in that building and no one else was hurt the NTSB launching an investigation finding a crew clearing out old infrastructure in the basement cut a gas pipe unaware that it was pressurized as the crew made two initial cuts into piping along the basement wall when a third cut was made the crew immediately realized that there was a problem and that gas had been released workers telling the NTSB they pulled the fire alarm to get everyone out and just 6 minutes later the building exploded the body of 27 year-old Akil Drake who worked at the Chase Bank on the street level of the building was recovered seven others taken to the hospital with injuries investigators now combing through security video from the bank and other physical evidence one of the things we wanted to determine was whether there was any sort of an ongoing leak or whether this was something as is currently suspected resulted from cutting this one pipe the NTSB says it has not been able to gain access to that building because they simply don't know if it's structurally safe once they get the okay from Engineers they'll be able to get back inside and continue to investigate Whit all right fill up off for us thank you so much we appreciate it

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Length: 2min 16sec (136 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 01 2024