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Tag: Explosion

Explosion rips through home in East Flatbush

August 30 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

A NATURAL GAS LEAK CAUSED THE EXPLOSION THAT  RIPPED THROUGH A HOME...

City inspectors and other personnel walk past the pit at 196 Willoughby St. on LIU’s Brooklyn campus where excavation equipment hit a live electric line and caused an explosion. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

Work halts after explosion at LIU Brooklyn construction site

August 16 | Lore Croghan and Mary Frost

An explosion Thursday at a construction site on LIU’s Downtown Brooklyn...

Gas explosion injures four in Gravesend home

January 22 | Jaime DeJesus

An explosion ripped through the second floor of a two-story home...

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December 7 | Meaghan McGoldrick

Officials have deemed a fatal explosion that left two dead, 12 injured...

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