AUSTINTOWN — One resident of the Phoenix House senior living center where an explosion occurred Nov. 22 has died.

Township officials are not releasing the man’s name but have verified that he died Tuesday at a Cleveland-area hospital.

At Monday’s regular trustees meeting, Austintown fire Chief David Schertzer said the man was the last remaining hospitalized resident of the Nov. 22 high-rise explosion that forced more than 120 people out of their homes days before Thanks-giving.

“We were just notified by an investigator with the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office,” Schertzer said Tuesday afternoon.

He said the death, like the explosion itself, is still under investigation.

Schertzer and township trustee Bruce Shepas both were out of town when the explosion occurred, and other officials in Austintown kept them informed by phone.

Schertzer said the man was first taken from the scene to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital with some burns and other injuries and then flown to Cleveland Metro Hospital.

“We were hopeful that he was going to recover,” Schertzer said.

At a Nov. 26 press conference, Township Administrator Mark D’Apolito said Phoenix House Investments, Inc. resumed full control of the property as of 10 p.m. that night.

“They will be responsible for all security and site restoration work,” he said.

As of that day, the fire department also completed the process of guiding residents and their representatives into the building to recover some personal items.

Assistant fire Chief Tom O’Hara said they took residents to floors 2, 6 and 7 on Nov. 25, because “those were the least damaged and there was no extra work that needed to be done on those floors,” and to floors 3, 4, and 5 on Nov. 26. “It gave the construction crews time to clear some debris and put up some safety barriers.”

O’Hara said firefighters helped 133 individuals access 128 apartments. He said there were roughly six apartments that were too badly damaged for residents to enter, and firefighters recovered items from those apartments for them.

Police Lt. Dan Burich said the property owners have contracted with Austintown police to provide security at the site until further notice.

“The purpose of this is to, first and foremost, keep authorized personnel safe while on the property, and to protect the interests of the property owners as well as the unattended property of the tenants that still remains,” Burich said.

Any access must be arranged with the property owner and confirmed with Austintown police. He said police will staff the site 24 hours per day, and any unauthorized access will result in arrest and criminal charges.