The lawsuits are piling on for Enbridge Gas and the owners of the blast-damaged Realty Building in Downtown Youngstown with several more being filed in the Mahoning County Court on Monday.

This time, all of the new suits were filed on behalf of residents of the Realty Tower apartments, which were housed on the upper levels of the Realty Building.

According to a press release, suits were filed on behalf of six residents of the apartments who suffered from injuries that required medical care as a result of the blast, as well as property damage and lost wages.

Meanwhile, the third lawsuit, filed on behalf of 22 residents slams building owners Yo Properties 47 LLC and LY Property Management for failing to secure the premises after they regained control of the property allowing for alleged theft and looting to occur.

"If you look at the complaint, we have sued the general contractors, the property owner, and the gas companies that are involved," explained Attorney Brian Kopp. "But there's John and Jane Doe defendants. We are so early in this process. We suspect we're going to find more culpable parties in this, maybe even the City of Youngstown."

All three suits are being handled by attorneys Brian Kopp, Frank Cassese and James Melfi, and accuse Enbridge Gas and the building owners of negligence grilling Enbridge for having an unsupervised crew working in the basement and grilling the building owners for not securing the building once they regained control.

"We are totally committed to ensuring that all those responsible for this avoidable catastrophe are held responsible for their actions and to securing justice and just compensation for our clients," Kopp said.

The looting and theft allegations are highlighted in a 21 News Watchdog Report detailing reports of people dressed like construction workers entering the building and coming out with items like electronics and loading them into a truck. The focus of the lawsuit will be on the building's owners for not properly securing the building. 

"Our current complaint says the building managers did not take proper steps from the building to secure it after they received control back from the city," Kopp explained. "That's going to be a sticky issue for these contractors. You're not allowed to take someone's property. These individuals never abandoned it by choice. They were ordered to stay out."

That full Watchdog Report can be seen here.

All three lawsuits are demanding damages in excess of $25,000 plus interest.

These suits were filed less than a week after a class action lawsuit was filed against Enbridge Gas and the Realty Building owners by several displaced residents from the neighboring International Towers apartments.

"In this scenario, you have those that lost their belongings, those that have suffered significant personal injury, and those who have suffered economic loss," Kopp explained. "There are a lot of aspects to this case that we will develop over the next several months."

You can read more about the International Towers suit here.