House blast kills 1 in Cleveland – a woman is sought

A HOUSE EXPLOSION in Cleveland killed a woman and critically injured a man Sunday, authorities said.

The explosion damaged several other homes in an East Cleveland neighborhood at around 1 p.m., according to the Cleveland Fire Department.

The man suffered burn injuries and was hospitalized. MAYORS FROM across the nation endorsed a campaign Sunday to uphold transgender protections during a gathering in Boston focused on issues affecting cities.

More than 300 officials attending the four-day U.S.

Cleveland police named Ronetta Butts a person of interest in connection with the explosion, WJW-TV reported.

She’s known to frequent the area where the incident happened, police said.

Cops initially said officers responded to the scene on a call of wires down, according to WEWS-TV. Conference of Mayors meeting called on Massachusetts voters to uphold the state’s transgender nondiscrimination law at the voting booth in November. They’re dubbing their new coalition the bipartisan Mayors for

Photos on social media showed debris on the ground while officials investigated the area.

It’s unknown what triggered the explosion.

However, a gas company sent a crew to the scene to shut off the gas and said it wasn’t aware of past gas leaks in the neighborhood, WEWS reported. Freedom Coalition of the Freedom for All Massachusetts campaign.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh was one of more than a dozen local public officials to sign on.

Massachusetts is the first state in the nation where transgender protections will be up for a vote on a statewide ballot measure. The 86th annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors ends Monday.