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Greg Renko, an Allegheny County Police detective and the president of the Rustic Ridge Homeowners Association, pulled victims to safety in the moments after the explosion.
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Allegheny County and the Pennsylvania Utilities Commission announced recently that the blast originated in the house and that further testing in the area did not detect random gas leaks.
Pennsylvania has about 300,000 abandoned oil and gas wells, so plugging them all could take decades.
Schlegel says within an hour of the explosion, the community stepped up, bringing food, water and filling bays at the fire departments with donations.