Two people were taken to the hospital after Saturday's blast that destroyed two homes on Filmore Street in town.
The person mostly seriously injured in Saturday's home explosion in Phillipsburg remained hospitalized Monday in critical condition, authorities said.
Clay Metzgar, 37, lived in Apartment B on the second floor at 76 Filmore St., town police Detective Lt. Michael Swick said late Monday afternoon.
He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township, with burns to over half his body, town Mayor Stephen Ellis had said. A hospital supervisor provided Metzgar's condition Monday.
One other person was taken to the hospital with a minor injury, Swick said.
Investigators had pinpointed the second-floor apartment of 76 Filmore St. as the origin of the blast.
Authorities were continuing to try to determine what caused the explosion, which resulted in the demolition Sunday and Monday of 74-76 Filmore St., a twin home. Debris removal is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning.
Traffic restrictions are scheduled to continue Tuesday in the area, police announced:
Filmore Street will remain closed from Summit Avenue to Hudson Street, but open for school buses only 7:55 to 8:15 a.m.
In the afternoon, Filmore Street will again open for buses only from 11:55 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Children will be able to walk to and from school along Filmore Street, and officers will be stationed in the area during the morning and afternoon for children's safety.
Both sides of the twin home had natural gas service, town fire Chief Rich Hay had said.
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Phillipsburg police and the Warren County Prosecutor's Office removed evidence Sunday before the demolition. Warren County fire Marshal Joe Lake and specialists from Elizabethtown Gas' parent company in Atlanta also are part of the probe, Hay said.
Several people were displaced from their homes as a result of the explosion. Hay was hoping to get a count Monday night of residents who were receiving help from the American Red Cross.
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