Multiple-house explosion in Pittsburgh, 3 homes destroyed, 4 dead, 1 accounted for

A massive explosion killed four people and destroyed three homes in Plum, Pennsylvania on Saturday.  A fifth person is still unaccounted for. 

Saturday was not the first time Holiday Park in Plum Borough suffered a home explosion. Just last year, in April, a home on Hialeah Drive was destroyed and in 2008, less than a half-mile away, another home exploded on Mardi Gras Drive.  

Representatives of Peoples, the natural gas company, and the state Public Utilities Commission were at the scene of the most recent explosion. Gas and electric were shut off in the neighborhood while the Allegheny Fire Marshall investigated.  

Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky is one of the most successful explosion disaster firms in the country. Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky has recovered more money for victims of explosions than any other firm in Pennsylvania, including $160M+ for victims of a propane-linked explosion, which included a record $70M for a burn-injured victim. Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky currently represents over 30 of the victims of the West Reading gas explosion, and all the victims of the Pottstown natural gas explosion. 

Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky has handled dozens of high-profile explosion cases and has the expertise required to handle these complex disaster cases. The attorneys at Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky are standing by to help and available for commentary as the situation develops.