A crew working in the basement area of an Ohio building intentionally cut a gas line not knowing it was pressurized before a deadly explosion, the NTSB said.
Police are asking people to stay out of downtown Youngstown, Ohio , after a major explosion, Tuesday afternoon, May 28, 2024.
He said workers smelled no gas before they started cutting the pipe and knew there was a problem when they made the third cut. The explosion Tuesday afternoon blew out much of the ground floor of Realty Tower, killing a bank employee and injuring several others. It collapsed part of the ground floor into its basement and sent the façade across the street. Bricks, glass and other debris littered the sidewalk outside the 13-story building, which had a Chase Bank branch at street level and apartments in upper floors.
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