Homeowners had 'hot water tank issues' before Plum house explosion, officials say
The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s office has confirmed the house that exploded in Plum on Saturday had hot water tank issues.
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The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s office has confirmed the house that exploded in Plum on Saturday had hot water tank issues.
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.
Following a fatal explosion that investigators say may have been fueled by natural gas in Plum’s Rustic Ridge neighborhood, two natural gas leaks have been found in another borough neighborhood. Leaks were reported in the area of Crestview and Mower drives and in the 400 block of Kathy Lynn Drive
Sometimes the people who live near us are just people who happen to occupy the same street. We don’t open doors the way we once did. We don’t bring over a batch of cookies when someone moves in next door. But bad things have a way of bringing out the
The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office confirmed late Monday that it is investigating the possibility that complications with a hot water tank contributed to a house explosion in Plum over the weekend. That was the first public confirmation from officials about a possible origin of the blast Saturday morning that