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Gas explosion levels Mass. buildings; several hurt | Synopsis

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Gas explosion levels Mass. buildings; several hurt

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Key to the door by Alan Cleaver
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Gas company workers stand where a building once stood, which was leveled by an explosion in downtown Springfield, Mass. on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012.  / AP Photo/Springfield Republican, Don Treeger SPRINGFIELD, Mass. A natural gas explosion in one of New England's biggest cities on Friday destroyed two buildings but didn't kill anyone, authorities said. Firefighters and gas company workers were among more than a dozen injured people, they said. The explosion in a downtown area of Springfield, 90 miles west of Boston, blew out all windows in a three-block radius, leaving three more buildings damaged beyond repair and prompting emergency workers to evacuate a six-story apartment building that was buckling. Police Sgt. John Delaney said it looks as though there was a missile strike where the explosion leveled the multistory building at its epicenter.

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Wayne Davis

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-0.274358"I was laying down in bed, and I started feeling the building shaking and creaking," he said. ...
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John Delaney

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Don Treeger

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FieldTerminology: gas company

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FieldTerminology: natural gas

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FieldTerminology: gas leak

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StateOrCounty: Mass.

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