payday loansThe building now used as residential and office space housed Pendleton's city government until the mid 1990s, when City Hall moved and the building was sold to a private owner.
It's unclear what caused the blast.
Jared Pennington told the newspaper that he was in his music studio on the building's first floor when he heard the explosion and saw shattered glass. He said he ran outside but then raced back in to help rescue a man in a third floor apartment who was seriously injured.
Pendleton firefighters spray water onto the old City Hall after an explosion rocked the building, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 in Pendleton, Ore. (Kathy Aney / East Oregonian)
"He was bad off," Pennington said.
Charlene Hanson was signing loan papers at a building next door when she heard the blast.
"At first it sounded like thunder," she told the paper. "There was a light one, a bigger one and then a huge explosion."
Police rerouted traffic near the building, and several downtown blocks lost power in the city of about 17,000 set amid ranchland in northeastern Oregon.
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