5 people dead and 3 are injured in a house explosion in a suburb outside Pittsburgh, county officials said.
The explosion and large fire in Plum, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh, destroyed three houses and damaged at least a dozen more, authorities said.
Crews from 18 different fire departments converged on the scene to put out the flames and sift through the rubble as "several" people remained unaccounted for Saturday afternoon.Gas systems were "operating as designed" at the time of the explosion, said Michael Huwar, the president of the gas service Peoples Natural Gas. Still, gas service was shut off to a number of homes in the neighborhood as a precaution.
A company spokesperson told CNN on Sunday its crews continue to work and coordinate with the Allegheny County Fire Marshal, which is leading the investigation.
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