PA Underground Explosion Rocks Pottstown Friday Morning ‘Shelter In Place’

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA. (THECOUNT) — An early Friday morning explosion has rocked Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Resident living in the area of North Hanover Street and East High Street in Pottstown, have been asked to shelter in place following a massive explosion Friday morning.

According to nbcphiladelphia,

People were being asked to shelter in place and avoid the downtown area of a Montgomery County town after underground explosions went off Friday morning.

The blasts created “dangerous conditions” and were caused by transformers malfunctioning in downtown Pottstown, according to the Norco Fire Company. The area surrounding the intersection of Hanover and High streets were closed in at least a one-mile radius.

The Norco Fire Company said certain residents were being asked to shelter in place, and people were advised to avoid the area and to not go around barricades.

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Geo quick facts: Montgomery County is the third-most populous county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the 73rd-most populous in the United States. As of 2019, the census-estimated population of the county was 830,915, representing a 3.9% increase from the 799,884 residents enumerated in the 2010 census – Wikipedia.