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Deadly explosion rocks Pottstown

Officials say the explosion leveled a home and four people are dead.

POTTSTOWN, Pa. — An investigation is underway after a deadly explosion rocked the Philadelphia suburbs.

Officials say an explosion leveled a home in Pottstown just after 8 p.m. Thursday.

According to our sister station in Philadelphia, Montgomery County officials say they have received reports that four people are dead and two are unaccounted for.

Residents in Montgomery County say they heard a blast and then saw fire.

There was no word on what caused the explosion.

Police have not identified the victims.

The Pottstown School District has canceled school on Friday.

A post on social media from a reporter at the Pottstown Mercury Newspaper shows only rubble left behind.

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