Rescuers rushed into flames to save nursing home residents after deadly explosion
The explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home injured dozens and killed two, amid unresolved fire safety violations and a recent utility response to gas odors, officials said.
- A nursing home explosion in Bristol killed a nurse and resident, injuring 19 others, including a Peco worker.
- The facility had previously been cited for fire safety violations and poor healthcare standards.
- A Peco technician was seriously injured while trying to locate and stop a reported gas leak prior to the explosion.
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Investigators sift through wreckage after nursing home blast
BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — Construction crews worked to clear the collapsed walls and roof from a Pennsylvania nursing home Wednesday to help investigators find the cause of an explosion that killed a resident and employee, and set off a dramatic…
With the smoke cleared, key questions emerge in the wake of a deadly nursing home blast
PHILADELPHIA — Twenty-four hours after two gas explosions ripped through a Bucks County nursing home, the dead and injured had been identified, survivors were accounted for, and the cleanup was underway. But unanswered questions about the blast’s cause mounted.
Investigators probe nursing home explosion that killed one resident, one employee
Officials and residents in Bristol Township, Bucks County and beyond are reeling from a blast that shook a neighborhood, leaving at least two people dead and 20 injured Tuesday at Bristol Health & Rehab Center, previously Silver Lake Nursing and…
Loved ones of residents who survived Pa. nursing home explosion speak out
As officials continue to investigate an explosion at a Bucks County nursing home that left two people dead and 20 others injured, loved ones of the survivors are speaking out, including Cindy McDuffie. McDuffie told NBC10 that her brother Howard, better known as “Tiger,” was inside the Bristol Health and Rehab Center – formerly known as the Silver Lake Nursing Home – in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, Tuesday afternoon when the building exploded…
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