Fiery home explosion near Pittsburgh | WNT

a deadly and fiery home explosion near Pittsburgh this morning at least one person is dead several others unaccounted for Flames from the blast destroying or damaging nearby homes emergency responders searching the rubble tonight for survivors here's ABC's Jacqueline Lee tonight a fatal home explosion rocking this Pittsburgh suburb flattening buildings and scattering debris across the neighborhood this is the worst I've seen in 47 years understood the amount of damage authorities in Plum Pennsylvania responding to reports of the blast just before 10 30 a.m local time [Applause] have at least one surviving victim oh it's requesting fire department Step Up firefighters arriving on scene to find three homes engulfed in flames and dozens of nearby structures damaged late today authorities confirming at least one person was killed in the incident three others rushed to the hospital for treatment one in critical condition officials say there are several others still unaccounted for I heard this boom it was so loud that it like woke me up I thought it was Thunder From The Storm last night I was shaking it was scary so bad the blast so loud it could be hurt at this youth baseball game roughly a mile away what the hell was that when officials say the fire from the Blast has been contained and there is no further risk to the area the cause of the home explosion is under investigation which all right Jacqueline Lee reporting for us tonight thank you hi everyone George Stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel if you'd like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our Channel and don't forget to download the ABC News app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching

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Length: 1min 53sec (113 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 12 2023