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Residents Work to Pick Up Pieces After East Village Blast
Some of them had only moments to get out. The residents of the area surrounding the East Village explosion that destroyed three buildings this week ran for their lives. Now they’re working to pick up the pieces.
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Search Efforts Continue as Investigators Eye Gas-Line Tampering as Possible Cause of Blast
Emergency workers continued searching Saturday for at least two people still missing after an apparent gas line explosion leveled three Manhattan apartment buildings while investigators piece together what exactly caused the blast that injured 22.
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Gas-Line Tampering Eyed as Possible Cause in East Village Explosion: Sources
Authorities are investigating whether the gas line in a basement below a sushi restaurant was rigged in a possible gas-theft scheme, causing the leak that may have set off Thursday’s fiery explosion in the East Village. Two dozen people were injured and two still are missing after the blast that leveled three buildings.
