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Teresa Champion-Feigel and her husband, Tim, walk on the weekends in the neighborhood of Rustic Ridge in Plum. On Saturday, she said she didn’t feel like walking. Her husband suggested they go to the nearby park — Ridge Top Park. “We were walking, and that’s when we heard the explosion,”

Keeping a home fueled by natural gas safe is pretty simple, said Dennis Caveglia, who’s operated Valley Plumbing & Heating in his native Leechburg for 40 years. Caveglia, like many working with natural gas, wouldn’t hypothesize about what caused the Plum house explosion Saturday morning that killed five people and

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.

The corner lot of 154 Rustic Ridge Drive in Plum on Tuesday turned into a therapeutic group session for dozens of kids in the neighborhood — even if they didn’t know it. At least two dozen kids of all ages, from toddler to teen, gathered in the driveway and backyard

Workers from Peoples Gas are purging gas lines in Rustic Ridge in preparations for restoring gas service to residents there. According to the borough, roads involved are Rustic Ridge and Brookside drives and Timberwood Court. People in those areas may hear the sound of gas being purged into the air

Fire officials in Allegheny County revealed the likely cause behind a massive explosion that destroyed multiple homes and caused five deaths over the weekend.

Peoples natural gas company officials said Wednesday there does not appear to be a common denominator linking last weekend’s fatal house explosion in Plum with four previous blasts in the borough since the mid-1990s. “At this point, there’s not any indication of any relationship,” said spokesman Nick Paradise, adding that

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

Oravitz, 56, died Wednesday afternoon at a local hospital, the Allegheny County medical examiner and Plum officials have confirmed.