Youngstown officials provide update following deadly explosion at Chase Bank building

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Youngstown Mayor Tito Brown was joined by other city officials for a briefing Wednesday following the deadly explosion at the Chase Bank building downtown on Tuesday afternoon. The press conference came hours after police told 3News that the body of a 27-year-old Chase Bank employee was recovered overnight. According to 3News' NBC sister station 21 News WFMJ, the Mahoning County Coroner's Office has identified the victim as Ali Drake. An autopsy will be performed by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office. Drake had been seen inside the building right before the blast, the Youngstown Police Department said Wednesday. "It's a tough part when you have to tell a mother that her son got up yesterday to go to work and he did not come home," Brown said during his remarks. Youngstown Fire Chief Barry Finley confirmed that seven people were hospitalized as a result of the explosion, including one woman who is in on a ventilator in the surgical ICU at Mercy Health. Finley said officials hope that some of the lesser injured victims will soon be discharged from the hospital. "This tragedy hit our community hard," Finley added. Finley said everyone who had been in the building has been accounted for, which includes a second missing person that investigators had been seeking. A woman that investigators were searching for apparently turned up at an emergency room in Boardman. "For whatever reason, unknown, she registered under a different name. So that's why we couldn't find her," the chief explained. The body of Drake was found in a basement at approximately 12:30 a.m. "With respect, we got him out because we were not going to leave until we found him," Finley added. "We were going to be there as long as it took. We found him so his family can have closure." READ MORE: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/northeast-ohio/youngstown-chase-bank-building-explosion-press-conference-update/95-86170605-d57b-4646-a287-07431a0d2915 At 3News, we’re not here to tell you the news, we’re here to share the stories that you say matter most to you. Share your ideas, thoughts, concerns and engage in conversations about the communities in which we all call home. Follow 3News on Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wkyc.channel3/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/wkyc   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wkyc3/   Visit our site: https://www.wkyc.com/ And be sure to download our app here: https://wkyc.com/app