Police: 1 dead, 15 injured in Durham gas explosion
DURHAM — A gas explosion that partially collapsed a North Carolina building and set it ablaze Wednesday morning killed one person and injured 15 others, police said.Police cars blocked the streets near the explosion and a thick acrid smoked hung over a shopping district near downtown Durham and helicopters circled overhead.Durham Police Department public affairs manager Wil Glenn said a contractor digging under a sidewalk hit a 2-inch gas line, triggering the explosion. […]
