KANSAS CITY GAS EXPLOSION
![Firefighters were on the scene of a gas explosion and massive fire Tuesday at JJ's restaurant at the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo. A car crashed into a gas main in the upscale Kansas City shopping district, sparking a blaze that engulfed an entire block and caused multiple injuries, police said.]()
Firefighters were on the scene of a gas explosion and massive fire Tuesday at JJ's restaurant at the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo. A car crashed into a gas main in the upscale Kansas City shopping district, sparking a blaze that engulfed an entire block and caused multiple injuries, police said.
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![Emergency personnel wheel an injured victim from the scene of a gas explosion. Seven people injured in the explosion at JJ’s restaurant remain hospitalized, including two whose conditions were listed as critical. At least seven others were treated and released.]()
Emergency personnel wheel an injured victim from the scene of a gas explosion. Seven people injured in the explosion at JJ’s restaurant remain hospitalized, including two whose conditions were listed as critical. At least seven others were treated and released.
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![A woman who worked at JJ’s and was seen there before the blast was still missing. Authorities were bringing in heavy equipment to remove rubble and aid their search for the missing employee.]()
A woman who worked at JJ’s and was seen there before the blast was still missing. Authorities were bringing in heavy equipment to remove rubble and aid their search for the missing employee.
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![Witnesses reported that there was a strong smell of gas in the area before the blast.]()
Witnesses reported that there was a strong smell of gas in the area before the blast.
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![The blast shattered windows in some businesses at a small strip mall nearby, and residents of some neighboring apartments reported minor damage. One side of a brick apartment building that shares the block with JJ’s appeared to have been scorched.]()
The blast shattered windows in some businesses at a small strip mall nearby, and residents of some neighboring apartments reported minor damage. One side of a brick apartment building that shares the block with JJ’s appeared to have been scorched.
Firefighters battle a massive fire Feb. 19 at the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo.
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![Utility workers repair gas lines near the Plaza shopping district of Kansas City, Mo.]()
Utility workers repair gas lines near the Plaza shopping district of Kansas City, Mo.
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![Smoke rises from a massive fire at the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo.]()
Smoke rises from the massive fire at the Country Club Plaza.
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