One person is dead and two others have been injured in an explosion that damaged several homes on Philadelphia's north side.

At least one person was killed after three rowhome buildings partially collapsed in an explosion in Philadelphia's Nicetown neighborhood early Sunday, sending at least two other people to hospitals, officials said.

At least one person is dead and two others are injured following a massive explosion early Sunday in North Philadelphia that completely leveled three row houses and damaged multiple other homes in the surrounding blocks,