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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Demolition began Friday on a Youngstown building that was damaged in a deadly explosion that killed a Penn Hills graduate.
PHOTOS: Downtown Youngstown building seriously damaged in explosion
NBC affiliate WFMJ reports that crews used a wrecking ball to start tearing down the Realty Building, which housed a Chase Bank branch and Realty Tower apartments.
>> Penn Hills graduate killed in explosion in downtown Youngstown
Crews will work to tear the building down floor by floor over the next few weeks. An exact timeline has not been released.
The NTSB says a severed gas line caused the explosion that left Akil Drake, 27, dead and seven other people hurt.
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