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Officials were back at the scene Sunday morning, and a news conference was scheduled for noon, the Facebook post said. The cause of the explosion is under investigation by Plum and county law enforcement agencies and the county fire marshal’s office. The state Public Utility Commission and local utilities also were at the scene. Three homes on Rustic Ridge Drive were leveled by the explosion, and about a dozen others were damaged, county officials said at a news conference Saturday night. Lori and I are praying for the families affected by the house explosion in Plum today.
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⁰⁰My Administration and @PEMAHQ are coordinating with and supporting county and local emergency responders. My Administration and @PEMAHQ are coordinating with and supporting county and local emergency responders. Two homes near the house that exploded were “engulfed in fire” and destroyed after the Saturday morning explosion in Plum, Pa., and other houses nearby had their windows blown out, according to a news release from the Allegheny County government.

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