Pittsburg, PA
A recent history of house explosions in the Pittsburgh area
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Tuesday’s deadly house explosion in Crescent Township is the latest in a string of recent home explosions in the Pittsburgh area over the last several months.
Three home explosions have occurred in different parts of Western Pennsylvania, with two of them turning deadly.
“It was complete devastation when we first arrived on scene.”
A husband and wife of nearly 65 years were killed when their home along Riverview Road in Crescent Township exploded on Tuesday morning.
David and Helen Mitchell both died in the blast.
The home where the explosion happened was leveled down to its foundation.
Two other homes nearby were damaged with debris landing in nearby trees and yards and into the Ohio River down the hill from the blast.
Investigators say the home was serviced by a private well and not a public gas utility. The Allegheny County Fire Marshal and ATF are investigating the cause of the explosion.
Contractor severely burned in Sewickley Heights home explosion
Three different contractors were working on the furnace of a carriage home along Backbone Road in Sewickley Heights when the house exploded back in December.
One of the contractors was taken to the hospital with severe burns. When the house exploded, debris was scattered all across the yard of the home.
Rich Engler, a neighbor who lives a couple of houses away, told KDKA that the explosion shook his house and he found the man who was severely burned in the yard.
“I ran back to look at him and he was in total shock,” he said. “I couldn’t even believe somebody made it out of that explosion alive and I could see his hands were really burnt up.”
The fire marshal is trying to find the origin and cause of the explosion with the help of the Pennsylvania Utility Commission and Equitable Gas.
Six killed in Rustic Ridge explosion
A quiet Saturday morning in Plum Borough brought a community to its knees when a home in the Rustic Ridge neighborhood exploded, destroying numerous nearby homes and damaging dozens of others, leaving five adults and one child dead in the aftermath of the blast.
Three nearby homes were destroyed and a dozen other homes were damaged in the blast.
Casey and Keegan Clontz, Heather and Paul Oravitz, Kevin Sebunia, and Michael Thomas all were killed in the explosion.
Multiple other people were critically injured and dozens of firefighters were treated for minor injuries.
In the days following the blast, Allegheny County officials said the home where the explosion happened was having “hot water tank issues.” The tank was in the basement.
Allegheny County officials say that the investigation could take months or even years.
Sidney Crosby left the Pittsburgh Penguins’ game against the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday and did not return.
The team initially did not disclose why Crosby was ruled out of the game, but coach Dan Muse told reporters postgame that Crosby has a lower-body injury. Crosby left the ice and went to the locker room early in the second period. The Penguins went on to beat the Senators in a shootout, 4-3.
Pittsburgh also played Thursday’s game without Evgeni Malkin, who has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury. It remains unclear how long he will be out, with the team only saying Malkin is “day-to-day,” according to a post on X from March 24.
Crosby returned to Pittsburgh’s lineup on March 18 against the Carolina Hurricanes after missing four weeks due to a lower-body injury suffered during the Olympic tournament. Crosby was injured during Team Canada’s quarterfinal win over Team Czechia after a hit by Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas.
Crosby was placed on injured reserve and missed 11 games. In the five games since returning to the lineup, Crosby has tallied five points. This season, the 38-year-old star for the Penguins has a team-high 28 goals, and he is third on the team with 36 assists.
With 10 games remaining in the regular season, Pittsburgh (36-20-16) sits in second place in the Eastern Conference’s Metropolitan Division with 88 points. The Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Islanders both have 87 points.
A Pittsburgh hospital will be getting a big bonus for selling a $1.5 million-winning Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off ticket.
UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital sold the Cash Spectacular ticket, and, as a result, will get a $10,000 bonus.
According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, the Cash Spectacular is a $30 game that offers the top prize of $1.5 million.
As they often do when a big winner such as this one happens, the Pennsylvania Lottery is reminding players that scratch-off prizes are valid for one year from the game’s end-sale date, which can be found on their website.
The Pennsylvania Lottery also said that scratch-offs are distributed at random, so neither the lottery nor the retailers know where winning tickets will be sold.
Pittsburgh area million-dollar winners
Since the calendar flipped to 2026, the Pittsburgh area has been one lucky place, with multiple million-dollar or more winning tickets sold since January.
The first came on January 8 when a $1 million scratch-off was sold at a North Huntingdon Township Walmart. The $20 Jackpot Scratch-Off yielded the top prize of $1 million.
Just a week later, again in Westmoreland County, a Match 6 Lotto ticket was sold at the North Huntingdon Sheetz, giving someone a $1.4 million prize.
One of the biggest jackpots of the year came earlier this month in Armstrong County, when one lucky player won $1 million for year for life.
That ticket was sold at a BP gas station on Buffalo Street in Freeport Borough. As a result, the BP got a $100,000 bonus.
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