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Father and son among 5 dead in Pennsylvania home explosion

A 38-year-old man and his 12-year-old son are among five people killed in a house explosion in Pennsylvania over the weekend.

The 12 August blast in Plum, a Pittsburgh suburb, left three others injured, including one person in critical condition.

Three other structures in the neighbourhood were destroyed and at least a dozen others damaged.

Investigators are working to determine the cause of the explosion.

According to officials in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County, they received an emergency 911 call at about 10:30 (15:30 BST) local time on Saturday. Police and firefighters “arrived on scene and reported that there were people trapped under debris”.

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