allentown pa

Three people were killed and two are missing after a natural gas explosion in downtown Allentown, Pennsylvania.

According to Police Chief Roger MacClean, the victim's body was discovered in a terraced house that was home of the couple in the 70s. The condition of the body has hindered efforts by the victim. It was not immediately clear where the other two victims were found. The three victim age range of 4 months and 79 years old, authorities said in a press conference this morning.

The explosion rocked the area from 10:45 am on Wednesday, touching off a fire burned in the early morning hours that the firefighters dredged in snow and ice to prevent an underground pipeline feeding the flames.The size of the explosion and fire forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents. The cause of the explosion is being investigated.

"I think we're going on the assumption that a gas explosion, but it's not confirmed that this is the case," Joseph Swope, a company spokesperson told the Morning Call UGI.He said the 12-inch low pressure main event will not take part in the history of the routine leakage and leakage that street on Tuesday turned up nothing.Authorities in advance of the fire flared up and destroyed eight homes and damaged leaves 16th.The powerful explosion occurred in a slap, a computer crash that sent one person in the house to house in the district, told the AP.

"I thought it was under attack," Antonio Arroyo told the AP. "What I saw, I could not believe it." Arroyo and his wife sought refuge in a shelter after an explosion destroyed their house. The couple hopes to return to their homes, what can be salvaged, but lost all memory of its own.