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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Today is Wednesday.

It's December 1st.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning.

In the news this morning, a house explosion left three family members injured in Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

It happened about 630 in the 800 block of Jackson Street in South Philadelphia.

Multiple windows were blown out of the house after the blast.

A 79-year-old man, a 13-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the incident.

Yeah, the explosion also sparked a small fire in the

basement. The incident led to the evacuation of six other homes on the block, and they're saying

that crews are still out there investigating the exact cause of the explosion, and right now

they haven't released what they think that was. Foot traffic is up to near pre-pandemic levels

in Center City. About 104,000 people visited the Maid in Philadelphia Holiday Market and the Christmas Village during Thanksgiving weekend.

Center City District President Paul Levy says the encouraging news actually started coming in last month.

In October of this year, we were back up to 87% of the number of regional shoppers, tourists, and visitors coming into

Center City.

That's the highest we've been close to since 2019, he said.

And then came the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend when 104,000 visitors ascended on Dillworth

Park to check out the made-in-fil-in-Filadelphia holiday market, the Christmas Village,

and other attractions in Center City.

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