5 Bodies Recovered, Including a Child, After Explosion Destroys 3 Homes and Damages 12 Others

Police and emergency services search the wreckage of the three houses that exploded near Rustic Ridge Drive and Brookside Drive in Plum, Pa., on Aug. 12, 2023. Samuel Long/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP

PLUM, Pa.—Five people were found dead after a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others, authorities said Sunday.

Plum Borough Police Chief Lanny Conley said the bodies of four adults and one adolescent were recovered after the blast shortly before 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the borough, about 20 miles east of Pittsburgh.