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Evacuated. jackie joins us with the latest. are they still hoping it's a rescue operation for those missing individuals? >> reporter: the flames have gone out and the recovery mode has begun. we have been watching as backhoes and heavy equipment has been going into where the fire happened overnight. as you said, one person is dead. five people are still missing. officials believe that the death toll will rise as the morning progresses. the explosion happened at about 10:45 last night. at first, it flattened two homes but then damaged eight homes in total during the evening. now hundreds of peo...

Allentown, pennsylvania. the fire chief confirmed for us last hour that one person has been killed after two homes exploded. he now calls this a recovery mission and another five people are missing. in all, eight homes were destroyed. 500 people ended up in shelters. the gas line has now been shut off. our jackie ferris of wfmz is on the scene for us. >> reporter: eight homes were destroyed and about 30 something homes were evacuated along with a high-rise senior facility. those seniors are back in the high-rise and things are kind of quieting down here in allentown, pennsylvania. fire officia...

Have been evacuated. firefighters were worried about another explosion because of the gas, but ugi came in quickly and had the gas turned off. now allentown fire officials had to call in every single firefighter they had and reach into an agreement with some of their mutual aid agreements to make sure there was coverage for the city during this disaster. the fire has been brought under control, but firefighters continue to douse smoldering spots, hot spots with water from a ladder truck because they are fearful that it could flame up once again. that is the very latest from allentown, pennsylv...

Inside one of the homes so ugi was very quick to come in and turn off the gas to the area. now, as far as the weather, that played a major role in fighting the fire. fire crews came out here. they rolled out their hoses and tried to spray everything down. they used the ladder trucks and the water would freeze before it hit the ground. it also caused for some very slippery conditions. so, again, the fire is out. the recovery mode has begun. one person is confirmed dead, five more missing. officials believe the number of deaths will rise. we are expecting a news conference by allentown's mayor a...

continues on this "american morning." and good morning to you. welcome to "american morning." it's thursday, february 10th. i'm kiran chetry. >> good morning to you all. i'm t.j. holmes. so glad you're here with us. >> we're going to begin with breaking news a fireball and an infern toe. two homes below up in allentown, pa pap the fire chief says now eight homes in total are destroyed. at least two city blocks had to be evacuated. all the people living there told to get out. there are reports that six people are missing. firefighters now sifting through the debris. there were 500 p...