Two people were found dead after a house exploded in Crescent Township, northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
A man and a woman were found dead after a house exploded in the Pittsburgh area, authorities said Tuesday. Emergency dispatchers in Allegheny County said the explosion occurred in Crescent Township in the northwest Pittsburgh suburbs and was reported shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday. Aerial images from the scene showed smoking ruins with the structure reduced to rubble and some large pieces lodged in trees above.
The blast also damaged at least two other homes, he said. A private gas well and two propane tanks on the scene were secured, he said.Tomer called the blast "severe, absolutely extreme," adding "You could feel it in your chest." He said it was heard and felt throughout the Crescent and nearby townships and even across the river. At the fire department, he and others immediately saw "a column of white smoke up in the air followed by a thick column of black smoke.
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