Crime & Safety
1 Dead After House Explodes In PA, Cause Unknown: Police
Officers arrived to find the residence completely leveled and the scene still "unsafe."
WEST DONEGAL TOWNSHIP, PA — One man is dead after a house exploded in central Pennsylvania Monday.
The incident occurred at around 11:45 a.m. on the 1200 block of Bossler Road in West Donegal Township, just west of Lancaster and Elizabethtown.
Officers arrived to find the residence completely leveled and the scene "unsafe."
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First responders found the homeowner, Harvey Winter, dead at the scene.
The cause of the explosion is not known. An investigation is ongoing.
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If you have any information, contact West Donegal Township Detectives Kim Henry or Chuck Tobias at (717) 367-8481 or ctobias@nwrpd.org.
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