Investigators pinpoint house as source of explosion that killed 6 near Pittsburgh last month

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• officers killed in North Carolina were at disadvantage …
• Pulse-pounding video shows moment shootout breaks out, leaving 4 law enforcement officers dead near Charlotte
• Wildlife officials acknowledge an increase in SoCal …
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• Before and after photos of explosion that rocked L.A. block: ‘Everybody was screaming, going crazy’
• Pennsylvania house explosion victims named; county says house had ‘hot water tank issues’

When they breached the front door, the emergency response team was met with "multiple gunshots from a firearm coming from within the dwelling," Penn said. Local police and fire officials are investigating the cause of the explosion alongside staff from the local utility company and state public utilities commission. While officials have not publicly named any of the victims, family members identified Casey Clontz, 38, and his son, Keegan, 12, as being among the five killed. "It appeared as if one house had exploded, and two others were engulfed in fire. Multiple other homes were damaged with windows blown out," they said in a Facebook post. The 12 August blast in Plum, a Pittsburgh suburb, left three others injured, including one person in critical condition. One of the injured is in critical but stable condition, while the second surviving victim is in surgery for unknown injuries, Pottstown Borough Manager Justin Keller said at a Friday press conference.

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The person inside did not respond, and officers were trying to execute the search warrant when "the suspect discharged several rounds, from what is believed to be a firearm, inside the home," police added. Video posted to social media showed a huge fireball and what appeared to be the roof and other debris lofted into the air during the blast, which neighbors said could be heard and felt for miles around in the Washington, D.C., suburb. Meanwhile, 57 firefighters were treated at the scene for minor issues, including heat-related injuries, WTAE reported, citing Steve Imbarlina, assistant chief of Allegheny County Emergency Services. PLUM, Pa. (AP) — Investigators said Friday the location of an explosion that killed six people and destroyed three houses near Pittsburgh last month was inside one of the homes, ruling out an outside cause. Crews from at least 18 local fire departments were needed to douse the flames.

Pulse-pounding video shows moment shootout breaks out, leaving 4 law enforcement officers dead near Charlotte

In 2021, it removed the minimum parking requirement for single- and multi-family projects. Developers filed applications to build more than 1,600 new homes across the East Bay city in December — about the same number that were completed over the past five years, with 1,700 units built. Berkeley has dozens of apartment projects in the pipeline, including a 25-story tower with more than 300 units at 2190 Shattuck Avenue, and a 28-story apartment building at 1998 Shattuck Avenue that would be the tallest in town. The 47 communities are eligible to apply for a share of $9.5 million available in the Prohousing Incentive Program Round 2, to be awarded this summer. The state’s Prohousing Designation Program includes incentives and accountability measures established by the 2019–2020 Budget Act. Prohousing communities get exclusive access to grants, plus extra points in the scoring of competitive housing, community development and infrastructure funding programs by the Department of Housing and Community Development.

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Firefighters identify the source of a house explosion in Ann Arbor - WILX

Firefighters identify the source of a house explosion in Ann Arbor.

Posted: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMT [source]

“They always pop them off, random sometimes, like at night shows or a holiday,” he said. Two structures on the same lot — a front and back house — were engulfed in flames after the explosion, said Dan Bell, a spokesman for the city of Ontario. “I was sitting in my living room watching television and the whole house shook,” Maynes said.

The fire was under control around 10.30pm, but Arlington county fire department crews continued to battle small spot fires, police said early on Tuesday. Three officers reported minor injuries, but no one was taken to the hospital. Three officers reported minor injuries in the house explosion, but no one was taken to the hospital.

Meanwhile, a legal group representing pro-Palestinian students is urging the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights office to investigate whether Columbia's treatment of the protesting students violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964. At a hearing of the committee earlier this month, Columbia University’s president took a firm stance against antisemitism. But at the same time, a protest was underway on Columbia's campus that would soon set off others like it nationwide. The university began suspending students this week in an attempt to clear the protest encampment on campus. “We will not allow antisemitism to thrive on campus, and we will hold these universities accountable for their failure to protect Jewish students on campus,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson at a news conference.

Before and after photos of explosion that rocked L.A. block: ‘Everybody was screaming, going crazy’

The circumstances of the explosion were under investigation, Savage said. The president of Peoples Gas said his crews got to the neighborhood within 15 minutes of the blast. Two of the five dead victims have been identified as Casey Clontz and his son, Keegan, the Trib reported. The cause of the blast is under investigation, with Allegheny County officials saying it could take months. As investigators work to learn more about what may have caused the blast, neighbors like Jaden Stewart are trying to help. Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more.

"I look out the window and I see a big ball of fire and the house just like this, it was destroyed completely," Rogelio Avalos, who lives nearby, said. She was airlifted after the explosion and is now in a Colton hospital recovering with severe burns. State officials had previously ruled out natural gas from an abandoned underground mine as a cause.

As officers tried to enter the home, multiple gunshots were fired from within the house, Penn said. The suspect who fired at officers from a duplex in an Arlington, Virginia, neighborhood before the home exploded on Monday night is presumed dead, according to authorities. Two people died after a massive explosion set off by fireworks at an Ontario house rocked a residential neighborhood Tuesday.

Oscar Vargas Ibarra, 17, who lives two houses from the site of the explosion, said he and his brother rushed for the door when the first blast hit. When the second, larger explosion hit, “that’s when everyone ran, ran for their lives,” Oscar said. Scores of residents in the immediate blast area were barred from returning to their homes. Bell said city officials would provide housing for those who needed it overnight. Evacuees were advised to seek help with housing at an evacuation post set up at De Anza Community and Teen Center at 1405 S. Assistant Fire Chief Jason Jenkins said authorities turned off gas service to the home and evacuated nearby residents — including people who lived in the other part of the duplex — about 90 minutes before the explosion.

Resident Christian Gonzalez told WPVI he initially thought the explosion was thunder. Two homes are completely destroyed and other homes suffered damage, he said. In recent years, the city approved changes to allow for taller buildings and a denser downtown.

Democrats have feuded internally at times over the Israel-Hamas war and how campus administrators have handled the protests. Some organizers have called for Hamas to violently seize Israeli territory and derided Zionism. Jewish students, meanwhile, have reported being targeted and say campus administrators have not done enough to protect them. Cannon said it has been a top priority among city officials, police and fire investigators to get to the bottom of the deadly explosion that caused so much damage to nearby businesses and killed one innocent bystander. Lantzer said that officials were investigating the incident, assessing the extent of the damage and working on a plan to return residents to their homes.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell called on university administrators to “take charge." But the Republican speaker promised to use “all the tools available” to push the universities. The House investigation follows several recent high-profile hearings that precipitated the resignations of presidents at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. And House Republicans promised more scrutiny, saying they were calling on the administrators of Yale, UCLA and the University of Michigan to testify next month.