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The cause of the house explosion in western Pennsylvania that killed five people, including a child, on Saturday remains under investigation.

Local officials released the names and ages of the deceased victims in Saturday's Plum, Pennsylvania, house explosion that killed five and injured three others.

Andy Zarroli got to know Michael Thomas first as a friend, and then as Plum’s borough manager. And their friendship overcame the fact that Zarroli, 56, is from Philadelphia and Thomas, 57, grew up in Pittsburgh’s Morningside neighborhood. “Mike was a friend of mine. He was a close friend of

Richard Leith, 64, was killed while babysitting his granddaughter in Plum, Pennsylvania, at their home on Mardi Gras Drive - just a ten-minute drive from Rustic Ridge Road.

Officials have said they do not know the cause of the explosion at this time.

Plum borough manager Michael Thomas, who served in the same capacity in Saxonburg, was one of five people killed as a result of an explosion that destroyed three homes in Plum on Saturday, Aug. 12. Pl...

A home that exploded in Plum, Pennsylvania, over the weekend, leaving five people dead, had “hot water tank issues" beforehand, officials say.

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The Allegheny County fire marshal’s office has revealed the home at the center of the explosion in Pennsylvania had hot water tank issues.

The home at the center of a mystery explosion which killed five people in the Pennsylvania mining town of Plum had hot water tank issues, fire officials have said as three more victims are named.