{"id":1999085,"date":"2023-08-12T23:15:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T03:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-dead-1-critical-several-unaccounted-for-after-explosion-destroys-3-homes-damages-others\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T23:16:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T03:16:59","slug":"1-dead-1-critical-several-unaccounted-for-after-explosion-destroys-3-homes-damages-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-dead-1-critical-several-unaccounted-for-after-explosion-destroys-3-homes-damages-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion obliterates 3 homes, leaves 1 dead, 1 critical, and others missing."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F1-dead-1-critical-several-unaccounted-for-after-explosion-destroys-3-homes-damages-others%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1999085&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Explosion in\u200d Plum, Pennsylvania Leaves One Dead and Others Missing<\/h2>\n<p>In a devastating incident that \u2064shook the borough of Plum, Pennsylvania, a house explosion claimed the life of one person, left another critically injured, and left\u2064 several individuals unaccounted\u200d for. The explosion, which\u200c occurred \u2062on Saturday morning at around 10:30 a.m., destroyed three structures and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-unveils-plans-to-shut-down-a-65-year-old-pipeline\/\" title=\"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Unveils Plans To Shut Down A 65-Year-Old Pipeline\">caused significant damage<\/a> to at least a dozen others.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials from Allegheny County, three individuals were rushed to hospitals following\u200c the blast. As\u200c the situation unfolded, it was revealed\u200d that one person was in critical condition, while\u2063 the other two were listed as stable. Additionally,\u2064 more than 20 firefighters \u200chad to be evaluated for heat exhaustion due to their efforts\u200d to combat the flames.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency responders reported that people were trapped under debris as one house exploded and two others were engulfed in flames. A total of\u200b 18 fire departments, with assistance from water tankers from Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, worked \u200btirelessly to extinguish the fire.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/extreme-heat-wave-prompts-statewide-emergency-in-arizona-5460885\">Extreme\u200d Heat Wave Prompts Statewide Emergency\u2064 in Arizona<\/a> &#8211; \u20648\/12\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/maui-wildfire-death-toll-hits-80-as-questions-raised-over-warnings-5461136\">Questions Raised\u200c Over Warnings in Maui Wildfires<\/a> \u2063 -\u200d 8\/12\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Authorities at the scene were unable to provide an exact count of the missing individuals\u200b as they were uncertain about who was present in the affected houses at the time of the explosion. The identity of the deceased person will be released by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pittsburgh-steelers-reveal-plan-to-honor-dwayne-haskins-all-season-after-his-shock-death\/\" title=\"Pittsburgh Steelers reveal plan to honor Dwayne Haskins all season after his shock death\">county medical examiner&#8217;<\/a>s office.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into the cause of the explosion is currently underway. Plum and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-celebrates-natl-law-enforcement-appreciation-day\/\" title=\"Country celebrates Nat\u2019l Law Enforcement Appreciation Day\">county law enforcement<\/a>, along with the\u200b county fire marshal&#8217;s office, are leading the investigation. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-dead-1-critical-several-unaccounted-for-after-explosion-destroys-3-homes-damages-others\/\" title=\"Explosion obliterates 3 homes, leaves 1 dead, 1 critical, and others missing.\">state public utilities commission<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ocasio-cortez-slams-texas-thats-what-happens-when-you-dont-pursue-a-green-new-deal\/\" title=\"Ocasio-Cortez Slams Texas: That\u2019s What Happens \u2018When You Don\u2019t Pursue A Green New Deal\u2019\">local utilities<\/a> were also present at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses shared their harrowing experiences during the incident. George Emanuele, who lived nearby, recounted how he and a neighbor found a man in\u2062 the backyard before the fire escalated. They \u2062managed to \u2064drag him away from the danger zone. Another \u200bresident, Rafal Kolankowski, described how the explosion shattered the windows of his house, causing him and his \u2063wife to be thrown to the\u2064 ground. He later learned that a woman had been trapped upstairs, while a man remained\u2063 in the basement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s just tragic, I mean, it looks like a war zone\u2014it looks like a bomb hit our neighborhood and it\u2019s just unfortunate,&#8221; Kolankowski expressed. &#8220;I\u2063 was just with some of\u200d the neighbors yesterday, right, and \u200dnow this happens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Rogers, who lived two doors down, also shared\u200b his shock \u2063and disbelief at the sudden turn of \u200bevents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLUM, Pa.\u2014A fatal house explosion in western Pennsylvania has left one dead, one critically injured, and multiple individuals missing. The incident destroyed three buildings and caused damage to around twelve others. Authorities reported that three individuals were hospitalized following the blast, which occurred before 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1999086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1999085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1999085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1999085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1999085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1999085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}