Complete devastation: Man, woman killed in Crescent Township house explosion

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• Heather Oravitz, 51
• dead after Pennsylvania house explosion
• Owner of Detroit building destroyed in fatal explosion nabbed attempting to flee the US
• What we’ve learned about the victims
• 'This is a nightmare': Pennsylvania house explosion victims remembered by family, friends
• Plum House Explosion: What we’ve learned about the 6 victims, the legacies left behind
• Man runs into burning home to rescue neighbors in Pennsylvania community

“There are three structures destroyed and at least a dozen more damaged in some way,” authorities said. Firefighters say the hero, identified as Oscar Rivera, saved a man and a woman from the burning building while they were standing on the roof. MINERSVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A man in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania rescued his neighbors from a house fire. At this time, there are no official fundraisers set up for the family of David and Helen Mitchell. These fundraisers are presented as being for the family of the victims, but they are not connected to the family.

Heather Oravitz, 51

County spokesperson Amie Downs said emergency responders reported people trapped under debris after one house apparently exploded and two others were engulfed in flames. Crews from at least 18 fire departments were working to douse the flames with the help of water tankers from Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. Emergency responders reported people trapped under debris after the blast leveled one house and left two others engulfed in flames, county spokesperson Amie Downs said. Crews from at least 18 fire departments worked to douse the flames with the help of water tankers from Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. Of the three people taken to hospitals, two were released while one remained in critical condition, said the deputy director of fire and emergency services for Allegheny county, Steve Imbarlina. Fifty-seven firefighters were treated at the scene for minor issues.

dead after Pennsylvania house explosion

Man, 89, and woman, 87, found dead at scene of 'severe' house explosion in Pennsylvania - NBC News

Man, 89, and woman, 87, found dead at scene of 'severe' house explosion in Pennsylvania.

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"When something like this happens, you really see the community come together," Hans said. "I've collected clothes that I'm not wearing anymore or even some things that I've never worn." The Seahorse Inn in Dundalk says it has received a large amount of donations so far. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Baltimore County Fire Department. BGE said it will continue to monitor the site and provide support as needed. The homeowner told WJZ that she and her children were not home when this happened.

Owner of Detroit building destroyed in fatal explosion nabbed attempting to flee the US

The injured man was transported to a local hospital with non life-threatening injuries, Lt. Twana Allen said in an email to ABC News. Fire crews responded to the two-alarm fire late Saturday, the Baltimore County Fire Department said in a statement on social media. BALTIMORE -- A man was transported to the hospital with injuries after a fire and an explosion at a house in the suburbs east of Baltimore, Maryland, a fire official said. The DEP now requires operators of private natural gas wells to get a permit and submit annual reports.

Fifty-seven firefighters were treated for "minor issues" at the scene and released, Steve Imbarlina, assistant chief of fire/emergency medical services at Allegheny County Emergency Service, told reporters Sunday afternoon. Of the three people taken to hospitals, two were released while one remained in critical condition, said Steve Imbarlina, deputy director of fire and emergency services for Allegheny County. One man with burn injuries that were considered non-life threatening was taken to the hospital, but it wasn’t immediately clear if the person had been in the house or outside, fire Lt. Twana Allen said Sunday. Two other nearby homes received moderate damage stemming from the fire, which was extinguished by Sunday morning and still under investigation, Allen said. A sixth person has died after a house exploded in Pennsylvania as fire officials continue to investigate the cause of the explosion, officials said Wednesday. Steve Imbarlina, the assistant chief for Allegheny County emergency services, said that two of the injured people had been released from the hospital and a third was in critical condition on Sunday afternoon.

Pennsylvania house explosion: 5 dead, including child: Aerial video shows homes destroyed

State investigators are now searching for stray gas near the site of a home explosion in Plum, Allegheny County on Saturday, Aug. 12 that killed six people. PLUM, Pa. — Six people were killed in the house explosion in Plum on Saturday. On Tuesday, the medical examiner’s office identified the five victims.

'This is a nightmare': Pennsylvania house explosion victims remembered by family, friends

The Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner said Paul Oravitz, 56, died Wednesday at an area hospital, Plum Borough and Allegheny County officials said in a news release. The incident occurred in the borough of Plum, in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Video captured at the scene showed several homes on fire in the community of Rustic Ridge. During the initial response, 57 firefighters were treated on the scene for "minor issues" and all returned to duty that day, officials said. Two people injured in the incident were transported to local hospitals and have since been released. Paul Oravitz, 56, died earlier Wednesday at a local hospital, Plum Borough officials and the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner said.

Plum House Explosion: What we’ve learned about the 6 victims, the legacies left behind

Those wells and pipelines were within a 2,500-foot radius of the home. The DEP said inspectors found detectible concentrations of combustible gas throughout the Rustic Ridge area on Aug. 14, but the gas is no longer detectible in soil near the incident. Isotopic samples, which help to identify molecular signatures, were collected Aug. 14 by the DEP and Peoples from soil and a nearby Peoples meter. Three homes were destroyed by the blast; 10 homes have been identified as possibly being structurally compromised. Officials continue to investigate the explosion that occurred just less than a month ago in Plum’s Rustic Ridge subdivision, the Fire Marshal’s Office said. Paul and Heather Oravitz, Kevin Sebunia, Mike Thomas and Casey and Keegan Clontz were killed in the explosion.

Man runs into burning home to rescue neighbors in Pennsylvania community

Keegan played football for the Plum Mustangs and would have started junior high in a week and a half, the newspaper reported. Casey Clontz, 38, was a massive Pittsburgh Steelers fan and made sure everyone knew it, proudly tattooing his love of the team on his leg. Eighteen fire departments responded to the scene, which remains active. Allegheny County Emergency Management officials and the Allegheny County Fire Marshals are at the scene as well.

Plum Police Chief Lanny Conley said the Allegheny County medical examiner has determined that four adults and one child died from the explosion in the Rustic Ridge Estates neighborhood. Rohan graduated from Towson University in 2020 with a degree in journalism and previously wrote for WDVM-TV in Hagerstown. He maintains WJZ's website and social media, which includes breaking news in everything from politics to sports. Officials say they have heard from several neighbors that there was a foul smell in the area Saturday. BGE told WJZ Monday that crews did not detect gas readings when they canvassed the area. Baltimore County fire officials said they were called to the scene in the Essex community east of Baltimore just after 11 p.m.

Five people, including a child, are dead, after a house exploded in Pennsylvania Saturday morning destroying three structures and damaging several other houses, authorities said. People should call 911 and the gas company from outside the house, not reenter it and wait for first responders to arrive. The explosion in Plum, about 20 miles east of Pittsburgh, was so powerful that it all but leveled the home and started multiple fires at nearby houses.

Email her at  Follow her on Instagram, Threads and X @forbesfineest. Palmer said that both firefighters were treated for severe smoke inhalation but are expected to be okay. In a Facebook post, Minersville Mayor Sean Palmer thanked Oscar Rivera for helping to bring his neighbors to safety.

Video posted by the department on a social media account showed smoke billing from the debris, with roof gables and siding on the ground. The private natural gas well appears to be at the center of the investigation into what caused the blast. On-scene investigative efforts also have been completed, the Fire Marshal’s Office said. Joint investigative efforts with agencies including the state’s Department of Environmental Protection and Public Utility Commission, Plum police, Peoples natural gas company and several insurance carriers continue.

Horrifying video captures the moment a house was blown to smithereens in western Pennsylvania, killing five people — including a 38-year-old man and his 12-year-old son — and critically injuring a sixth person. Rafal Kolankowski, who lives a few houses away, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the explosion broke the windows in his house and knocked him and his wife to the ground. After recovering and checking on his son, he went outside where he said a woman told him another woman had been upstairs and a man was in the basement. The other woman later emerged covered in white ash, but the individual in the basement had not yet exited, he said. In a news release late Monday, the county said the home where the explosion happened was having "hot water tank issues." The tank was in the basement CBS Pittsburgh reported. The sixth victim, Paul Oravitz, 56, died at a hospital Wednesday morning, county officials said.

If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. “From the moment DEP was called in to investigate, our experts have worked tirelessly alongside county officials and partner agencies to aid in identifying the cause,” said DEP Secretary Rich Negrin. He was a student in the Plum School District and loved to play football. The cause of the explosion remained under investigation, which was expected to take some time, officials said.