July 9, 2024
A 16-story apartment building in Ohio may reopen early next month, several weeks after it was temporarily shuttered following a deadly natural gas explosion that severely damaged a neighboring building. Youngstown officials had ordered the evacuation of the International Towers …
June 4, 2024
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A crew working in the basement area of an Ohio building intentionally cut a gas line not knowing it was pressurized before a deadly explosion last week, the National Transportation Safety Board said. NTSB board member …
May 31, 2024
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A massive explosion blew out much of the ground floor of an apartment building, killing a bank employee and injuring several other people. Police and emergency officials initially blamed natural gas, but the fire chief later …
December 20, 2023
One person was found dead after an early morning explosion and fire at a hotel in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Amish-related tourism area, authorities said Monday. State police in Lancaster County said the blast was reported shortly after 2:30 a.m. …
November 6, 2023
A gas explosion collapsed part of a brick multifamily building north of New York City, trapping victims in the rubble and injuring 10 people, according to officials. There were no fatalities in the Thursday afternoon explosion and fire, which sent …
September 29, 2023
After months of discussion, federal safety officials and the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PUC) remain at odds over release of documents that the National Transportation Safety Board says it needs for a building explosion investigation but PUC says it cannot …
November 18, 2019
Three people were convicted of manslaughter Friday in the 2015 East Village building explosion that killed two men. They also were found guilty in Manhattan state Supreme Court of assault charges for injuries to 13 people in the massive blast …
October 26, 2017
Fire officials investigating a restaurant explosion that injured five people tried on Monday to pinpoint the source of the propane leak that caused the blast. The explosion happened Saturday afternoon at the Spring Hill Inn in Mansfield, just over a …