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Explosion and the 50-foot high fireball killed one of the gas company workers who responded. three others are in a burn unit tonight in critical condition. the massive explosion came from a high-pressure 12-inch main, a pipe that was traveling through the neighborhood. that was the same situation in northern california last year. when a 30-inch high-pressure main blew up in san bruno, destroying 37 homes, killing eight people. these pipes run almost every road. there are 325,000 miles of those big main pipes and more than 2 million miles of the much smaller pipes that carry gas to your house. ...

Trying to fix the leak. julie bandaras is live with the latest. take is through what happened here, julie. >> as you can see, quite a dramatic scene, crews from philadelphia gas works were on the scene, apparently trying to fix a 12-inch high pressure gas main leak after people complained of smelling gas, and then, while crews were on the scene there, trying to fix it, that transformer exploded, sending the 50 foot fireball into the side. the pictures are incredible. and, one person was killed, though, as a result, killing a utility worker, injuring five others, so, it really is a miracle more...

Two of them had to be taken to a burn unit. five fireboats currently working to put out the flames there. at a time when the two parties can't seem to get together on anything, president obama will begin bouncing supreme court picks off of both sides this morning. sources tell us that he's already had conversations with potential nominees, and some republicans are already using the "f" word in all of this -- filibuster. our ed henry live at the white house this morning. ed, it's typically taken to be bad form to filibuster a supreme court nominee. is it that serious? >> reporter: it is. and ...

Burn injuries. they have a burn unit there that specializes in treating people who have been severely burned. there are reports, according to the spokesperson of the seton family of hospitals that other people were walking around the scene of this plane crash into the building, wounded, though there -- though their injuries are unclear, the names of the patients being withheld now. mig getting back to this house on fire in austin which we believe to be the house of the pilot, the report is that the pilot set his own house on fire, a local reporter reports that a neighbor, a nation, next to tha...

Incident, and they don't have a determination as yet. i can tell you we're getting an update, let me pull it up here, on the crash victims from the austin statesman newspaper, one taken to the hospital, injured, in good condition, with minor burns and smoke inhalation, megyn. the second victim is far worse, serious condition, though stabilized, but taken to the burn unit. so obviously suffering some pretty severe burns. not unusual given just what we're seeing here on our screen. firefighters have been battling this blaze. let's listen to an eyewitness right now. >> i saw it come in from this ...