[Stephen Frazier, Cnn Anchor:] Outside of Philadelphia at this hour, rescue crews are working to shore-up a flooded apartment building where four people have died in an explosion and fire, and where three are still missing. Rescuers are hoping to stabilize the structure so it's secure enough for them to get back inside to look for possible survivors, or possibly for more victims. Officials think this fire is linked to flooding from Tropical Storm Allison, which dumped up to nine inches of rain over the weekend. We're going to check in now with CNN's Jason Carroll, on the phone from Philadelphia, who's been following this episode for us Jason.
[Jason Carroll, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, as you look at the Village Green apartment complex in Upper Moreland Township, you can see so much destruction. One side of the building is completely gone. It was blown away during the explosion. At this point, crews have stabilized the structure enough to recover those four bodies that they found inside. Two or three people are still missing. Earlier today, I did speak with some of the people who lived in the complex. One man, Bill Meyers, said that after the flood waters started to rise up to the first floor, he then heard a huge big boom, as he described it. He said the smell of gas was everywhere. The ensuing fires spread to two other buildings in the complex. Fire officials have not given us a cause, but they tell me they do believe the flooding had something to do it. Sections of Southeastern Pennsylvania were hit very hard with what hopefully will be the last blow from Tropical Storm Allison. This all happening Saturday. The storm triggered power outages and flash floods throughout the area. It all happened so quickly, cars were flooded on the roadways and some people had to be rescued because they were trapped inside. A major exit on the Pennsylvania Turnpike had to be closed for a time. It has since been reopened. There is a lot of cleaning up to do out here, as you can imagine. Most of the people who went to the shelters last night are now headed back home. We found one shelter where there are still about 60 people there. Most of those people are from the Village Green apartment complex, who simply no longer have a home Stephen.
[Frazier:] Jason Carroll, with a full spectrum of news. Only Friday, Jason, you were reporting on the happiness or a lottery winner, now this.
[Carroll:] You know, it just shows just you how short things can be in terms of how life goes, and a number of these people really just cannot believe I mean, when you're looking around here, Stephen, it's hard to believe that there was even a flood here. I mean, there is very little evidence of it, very little water that's still here. A flash flood, it comes and then it goes very quickly. But as you look up and see this apartment building, you can definitely tell that something went very wrong here.
[Frazier:] Jason Carroll from outside Philadelphia. Jason, thank you for that update.