PHILADELPHIA—Utility officials say they found no natural gas leaks in the vicinity of an explosion that left three homes destroyed in a northeast Philadelphia neighborhood and sent five people to hospitals a few hours into the new year.
Officials from Philadelphia Gas Works spoke to more than 100 people at a meeting Wednesday night about the 3 a.m. Sunday blast in Port Richmond that reduced two buildings to rubble and left a third ready for demolition. More than 40 other homes and a number of nearby cars were also damaged, officials said.
