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A recent history of house explosions in the Pittsburgh area
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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.
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KDKA Community Day food drive for Jubilee Kitchen
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To celebrate a company-wide Community Day, KDKA held a food donation drive for the people who need the most help in our area. The Talk Pittsburgh team loaded the donations up and took them over to Jubilee Kitchen. Here’s a look!
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KDKA celebrates Community Day with food drive for Jubilee Kitchen
To celebrate a company-wide Community Day, KDKA held a food donation drive for the people who need the most help in our area. The Talk Pittsburgh team loaded the donations up and took them over to Jubilee Kitchen. Here’s a look!
CLICK HERE for more.
KDKA celebrates Community Day with food drive for Jubilee Kitchen
To celebrate a company-wide Community Day, KDKA held a food donation drive for the people who need the most help in our area. The Talk Pittsburgh team loaded the donations up and took them over to Jubilee Kitchen. Here’s a look!
CLICK HERE for more.
KDKA celebrates Community Day with food drive for Jubilee Kitchen
To celebrate a company-wide Community Day, KDKA held a food donation drive for the people who need the most help in our area. The Talk Pittsburgh team loaded the donations up and took them over to Jubilee Kitchen. Here’s a look!
CLICK HERE for more.
KDKA celebrates Community Day with food drive for Jubilee Kitchen
To celebrate a company-wide Community Day, KDKA held a food donation drive for the people who need the most help in our area. The Talk Pittsburgh team loaded the donations up and took them over to Jubilee Kitchen. Here’s a look!
CLICK HERE for more.
KDKA celebrates Community Day with food drive for Jubilee Kitchen
To celebrate a company-wide Community Day, KDKA held a food donation drive for the people who need the most help in our area. The Talk Pittsburgh team loaded the donations up and took them over to Jubilee Kitchen. Here’s a look!
CLICK HERE for more.
KDKA celebrates Community Day with food drive for Jubilee Kitchen
To celebrate a company-wide Community Day, KDKA held a food donation drive for the people who need the most help in our area. The Talk Pittsburgh team loaded the donations up and took them over to Jubilee Kitchen. Here’s a look!
CLICK HERE for more.
KDKA celebrates Community Day with food drive for Jubilee Kitchen
To celebrate a company-wide Community Day, KDKA held a food donation drive for the people who need the most help in our area. The Talk Pittsburgh team loaded the donations up and took them over to Jubilee Kitchen. Here’s a look!
CLICK HERE for more.
KDKA celebrates Community Day with food drive for Jubilee Kitchen
To celebrate a company-wide Community Day, KDKA held a food donation drive for the people who need the most help in our area. The Talk Pittsburgh team loaded the donations up and took them over to Jubilee Kitchen. Here’s a look!
CLICK HERE for more.
KDKA celebrates Community Day with food drive for Jubilee Kitchen
To celebrate a company-wide Community Day, KDKA held a food donation drive for the people who need the most help in our area. The Talk Pittsburgh team loaded the donations up and took them over to Jubilee Kitchen. Here’s a look!
CLICK HERE for more.
KDKA celebrates Community Day with food drive for Jubilee Kitchen
To celebrate a company-wide Community Day, KDKA held a food donation drive for the people who need the most help in our area. The Talk Pittsburgh team loaded the donations up and took them over to Jubilee Kitchen. Here’s a look!
CLICK HERE for more.
KDKA celebrates Community Day with food drive for Jubilee Kitchen
To celebrate a company-wide Community Day, KDKA held a food donation drive for the people who need the most help in our area. The Talk Pittsburgh team loaded the donations up and took them over to Jubilee Kitchen. Here’s a look!
CLICK HERE for more.
Pittsburg, PA
UPMC offers members free mammograms at event
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Here’s when you should fill up your gas tank if you’re leaving the Pittsburgh area going on vacation
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A major summer vacation expense is the money you spend on the gas you use to get to your destination.
Here are some ways you can save your vacation dollars.
The average price of a gallon of gas in Pittsburgh right now is $3.75 — and if you’re traveling, you can do better.
The rule of thumb when it comes to gas is to do your homework.
Patrick De Haan is the Head of Petroleum Analysis for Gas Buddy and he says he would fill up almost anywhere but Pittsburgh right now.
De Haan says that if you’re heading north, there are two stations on I-80 in a price war in Barkeyville at $3.09 per gallon, but in Grove City, gas is $3.89 per gallon.
“So again, an 80 cent per gallon difference and about 30 miles,” De Haan said. “It all depends on the route that you take.”
If you’re I-90 bound through Erie and beyond, you’ll want to get to Irving, New York, where on the Indian reservation, gas is $2.97 per gallon.
“But if you’re not on the Indian Reservation, be careful because right outside of that, $3.55 per gallon,” De Haan said.
Traveling east is certainly not cheap, but De Haan says there are some pockets of low gas prices in places like Breezewood.
It’s 20 cents more per gallon in the Harrisburg and Philadelphia areas, but if you can get across the state line into New Jersey, you’ll notice a big drop in prices.
Heading west from our area, cheaper gas isn’t too far away.
“When you just get into West Virginia, there is that snippet of West Virginia prices there,” De Haan said.
If you’re heading south, a tank of gas should get you to Wytheville, Virginia where prices under $3.00 per gallon are abundant.
Some of the cheapest prices heading south are in the Carolinas and De Haan says it’s all about planning your fuel stops.
De Haan suggests using apps like GasBuddy, Waze, Upside, or Google Maps to help you find the best price for gas along your route.
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