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Gas smell at nursing home was reported hours before deadly explosion, report says
The explosion killed three and injured 20 at Bristol Health & Rehab Center hours after a gas leak was reported and before gas flow was fully isolated, NTSB says.
- On Dec. 23, the National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary timeline showing staff reported a gas odor hours before the explosion at 2:15 p.m. at Bristol Health & Rehab Center.
- Work on a meter‑set valve in the basement revealed a leak traced by a utility worker to the gas meter valve; the meter set includes meter, regulator, piping, valves and fittings.
- A PECO worker arrived just before noon and called for backup as a meter services technician arrived about 1:20 p.m., with utility crews on site for much of the three-hour interval before the blast.
- A Peco emergency crew fully isolated the gas at 3:50 p.m., Exelon shut off flow almost two hours after the explosion, and at least two negligence lawsuits were filed against Peco and Saber Healthcare Group.
- The nursing home had recent safety citations, CommuniCare Health Services was fined more than $418,000 in 2024, and Saber Healthcare Group acquired it three weeks before the blast.
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Gas smell at nursing home was reported hours before deadly explosion, report says
Federal regulators say a nursing home maintenance director reported a natural gas smell hours before an explosion killed three people and injured about 20.
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Gas smell at Bucks County nursing home was reported hours before deadly explosion: NTSB report
Hours before a deadly explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania nursing home last month, staff grew concerned about the smell of natural gas on several floors and brought in workers from the local utility company to check it out, federal regulators said Wednesday. The preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board provides details about the three hours that passed between the report of a gas odor and the thunderous blast in Bristol…
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