Two people are dead after a fire and explosion tore through a nursing home on the outskirts of Philadelphia, prompting local responders, bystanders, and staff to rush the elderly residents to safety,

ALL 407 INMATES WERE EVACUATED. THEY ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. NO ONE WAS HURT. THEY HAVE BEEN RELOCATED TO OTHER BUILDINGS. ELECTRICAL WORKERS ARE ON SCENE RIGHT NOW TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE Hundreds of inmates were evacuated from the Middleton House of Corrections following an electrical explosion in one of the housing units on Tuesday night.

A couple were left badly burnt after fleeing for their lives when their fireplace exploded, engulfing their home in an "orange fireball". Angela Palit, 59, described how she was blown across the kitchen, and thought she was going to die as her hair caught ...

Explosions and fire at a nursing home outside Philadelphia killed at least two people, local and state officials said Tuesday. “We believe preliminarily that it was a gas leak that led to that. The explosion was really quite catastrophic.