Phoenix House explosion: Blast at old age home in Austintown near Youngstown Ohio; 'big boom, felt like earthquake'

An explosion was reported on November 22 at North Meridian Road, Austintown, Ohio, which is located near the Youngstown city.

Updated on: Nov 23, 2025, 24:47:09 IST

By Shuvrajit Das Biswas

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An explosion was reported at a building at North Meridian Road, Austintown, Ohio on November 22. One person's injury has been confirmed by authorities. Reports suggest multiple people have been injured. It remains unknown if there have been any casualties. Austintown is directly west of the city of Youngstown.

Damage to the building seen after the explosion in the screengrab from a video. (Facebook/Michael A Durda II )

WKBN reported that multiple departments were responding to the situation. The explosion is believed to have taken place just before 1 pm. As per WFMJ, Austintown Fire Department shared that crews were responding to report of a blast at Phoenix House apartments located near North Meridian Road and I-680. Phoenix House is reportedly a senior resident apartment for the elderly and disabled.

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Trumbull County authorities shared “Weathersfield, McDonald, Girard, Liberty, Lordstown responding mutal aid.”

As per Austintown Police, buses will soon be arriving to evacuate the uninjured from the scene and they will be moved to Austintown Senior Center or Austintown School District. Crews are working to move people from the vicinity as they search and clear the building, as per local reports.

Witnesses describe blast

Residents told 21 News that they heard a loud noise and felt building shake just after 12:30 pm. They said there was a big boom which felt like an earthquake, as per local reports. A portion of the building was exposed after the explosion and firefighters searched through this part of the structure too, as per the outlet.

Visuals of explosion shared online

Visuals showed the extent of damage to the building.

A person reshared this video and commented, “Phoenix house on meridian rd…. Explosion.”

Another person shared a photo of emergency services outside the building, saying “Another explosion just happened on the west side of Youngstown North Meridian Road.”

The cause of the blast remains unknown. Howevers, WFMJ reported that there was odor of gas in the air.

(This is a developing story)

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Shuvrajit Das Biswas
Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More

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