Philadelphia building collapse: 1 dead, 2 injured after explosion takes out row of homes

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At least one person was killed after three rowhome buildings partially collapsed in an explosion in Philadelphia's Nicetown neighbourhood early Sunday, sending at least two other people to hospitals, officials said.

Philadelphia police and fire units responded to the 1900 block of West Bristol Street, near Clarissa Street, shortly before 5 a.m. as at least three structures collapsed, with smoke emanating from the rubble. According to Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections, the explosion affected at least seven properties, three of which are partially collapsed.

Officials said the two people taken to hospitals are an 82-year-old woman and a 62-year-old woman — one is in critical condition and the other is in stable condition.

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