2 women killed, 20 hurt in explosion at Bucks County nursing home

What to Know

• Officials continue investigate after an explosion at a nursing home in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, left at least two people dead and 20 others injured.
• The incident occurred on Tuesday, Dec. 23, around 2 p.m. when PECO responded to a reported gas odor at the Silver Lake Nursing Home on 905 Tower Road. As PECO crews worked at the building, an explosion occurred, causing the first floor to fall into the basement and trapping people inside.
• According to preliminary reports, a gas leak may have caused the blast which led to a massive response from police and firefighters from multiple counties.
• At least two people were killed in the explosion and fire while 20 were injured. On Wednesday, officials said all those that were initially missing had been accounted for. 
• Wednesday afternoon, the Bucks County First Deputy Coroner identified one of the victims killed as 52-year-old Muthoni Nduthu, an employee at the nursing home. Officials have not yet identified the second victim killed.
• A safety inspection from the Pennsylvania Department of Health found the nursing home wasn’t in compliance with several requirements of the Life Safety Code.
• There are 174 certified beds in the facility which has about 151 residents daily, according to Medicare.gov. A nurse at the facility told NBC10 there are residents as old as 95 years of age who live at the home.