{"id":2008841,"date":"2023-08-23T00:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T04:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-damaged-homes-remain-uninhabitable-a-week-after-pennsylvania-explosion-that-killed-6\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T00:51:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T04:51:53","slug":"10-damaged-homes-remain-uninhabitable-a-week-after-pennsylvania-explosion-that-killed-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-damaged-homes-remain-uninhabitable-a-week-after-pennsylvania-explosion-that-killed-6\/","title":{"rendered":"6 dead, 10 homes still uninhabitable a week after Pennsylvania explosion."},"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\">22<\/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%2F10-damaged-homes-remain-uninhabitable-a-week-after-pennsylvania-explosion-that-killed-6%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=2008841&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 Plum Leaves Three Houses Destroyed and Ten Uninhabitable<\/h2>\n<p>In a devastating incident near Pittsburgh, an explosion on August 12 claimed the lives of six people and left\u200c a trail of destruction. The blast in Plum completely leveled one home and engulfed two neighboring houses in flames. County officials have now confirmed that the three houses at the center \u200cof\u2062 the explosion will need to be torn down, while an additional ten homes are currently uninhabitable.<\/p>\n<p>The aftermath of the explosion has prompted the need for structural engineers to inspect the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/living-through-a-socialist-collapse-an-insiders-account-of-venezuelas-demise\/\" title=\"Living Through A Socialist Collapse: An Insider\u2019s Account Of Venezuela\u2019s Demise\">ten uninhabitable<\/a> homes and determine the next steps. The investigation into the origin and cause of \u200cthe explosion is still ongoing, with 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.\">county fire marshal&#8217;<\/a>s office \u2063leading the efforts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/massive-explosion-at-a-gas-station-in-russias-dagestan-kills-35-and-injures-scores-more-5466232\">Massive Explosion at a Gas Station in Russia&#8217;s\u200c Dagestan \u2064Kills 35 and Injures\u2064 Scores More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/15\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/massive-explosion-at-a-gas-station-in-russias-dagestan-kills-35-and-injures-scores-more-5466232\"><\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/5-bodies-recovered-including-a-child-after-explosion-destroys-3-homes-and-damages-12-others-in-western-pennsylvania-5462577\">5 Bodies Recovered, Including a Child, After Explosion Destroys 3 Homes and Damages 12\u200b Others<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/13\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/5-bodies-recovered-including-a-child-after-explosion-destroys-3-homes-and-damages-12-others-in-western-pennsylvania-5462577\"><\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All six victims were found \u200con\u200b the property of the home that\u200b exploded, according to an Allegheny County spokesperson. One victim was discovered outside of the garage area, while four others were located in the basement. The sixth victim was rescued from the rear yard but unfortunately succumbed to their injuries at \u200da trauma center\u2063 several days later.<\/p>\n<p>The state Department of Environmental Protection has ruled \u2063out the\u2063 possibility \u200cof natural gas \u200cfrom \u2062an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-damaged-homes-remain-uninhabitable-a-week-after-pennsylvania-explosion-that-killed-6\/\" title=\"6 dead, 10 homes still uninhabitable a week after Pennsylvania explosion.\">abandoned underground mine causing<\/a> the \u2062explosion. 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The explosion, which tragically claimed six lives, has left a devastating impact on the community. Authorities have determined that three houses must be demolished, while ten others require significant renovations before they can be deemed safe for habitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2008842,"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-2008841","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\/2008841","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=2008841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}