YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — UPDATE @2:50 a.m.
The body of a person has been recovered after a major explosion in Youngstown.
As News Center 7 previously reported, Tuesday around 3:30 p.m. Youngstown’s fire department posted on social media “Please AVOID downtown Youngstown. Major explosion from possible natural gas leak with injuries.”
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The front of the Realty building on E. Federal Street is damaged and the facade is blown off, according to CBS affiliate WKBN.
The coroner’s office was at the scene just before midnight Tuesday night.
They recovered the body of a missing man, WKBN reported.
Youngstown Police have confirmed that a 27-year-old man was recovered from the scene. He was a bank employee, WKBN said.
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