At least one person was killed after three rowhome buildings partiallycollapsed in an explosion in Philadelphia’s Nicetown neighborhood 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. CBS News Philadelphia cameras in the area showed at least three structures collapsed, with smoke emanating from the rubble. Fire officials said the incident was placed under control at 6:33 a.m.
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…