Multiple people are injured after a fire and explosion tore into a nursing home on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, requiring local responders, bystanders and staff to rush the elderly population to safety.
There are injuries from the incident, Bristol Township Police Lt. Sean Cosgrove said, but he isn’t aware that any are critical. It is not clear if everyone at the nursing home has been accounted for, he added.
Initial reports indicated people were trapped, Ruth Miller, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency spokesperson, told the Associated Press earlier. No additional information about people being trapped has been released by the agency.
A portion of the building has reportedly collapsed and multiple agencies from Pennsylvania and New Jersey are responding, Bucks County spokesperson Jim O’Malley said in a statement.
The explosion appears to be gas related, authorities told the AP.
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