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A busy street before coming to a stop. officials say a gas leak was the result of an explosion in illinois. in romeoville. authorities say two gas workers were injured. one serious, they say no residents were hurt. several units around the area were evacuated as a precautionary measure. and down it goes, people turned up on the banks of the arkansas river to seat broadway bridge. officials say nothing really went wrong here. one man said the 93-year-old bridge was built so well it could have stood another 100 years. >> i don't think it's an implosion, it's a slow toppling. the chicago cu...

Conditions. places like minneapolis went from the 70s down to the 40s over the next 48 hours. and the northeast temps will not cool off until friday, but when they do, back to 60 degrees. >> new this morning, investigators trying to determine what caused a deadly plane crash on a city street in connecticut. the faa said a small plane went down in hartford, connecticut. the small plane erupted into flames. one person died and another person taken to the hospital identified as the pilot. the plane reportedly came very close to cars as it cart wheels down a busy street. officials say a gas leak...

There's so many pgw, no way it could be any of my friends. when i woke up the next morning, heard the news, it was heartbreaking. >> four gas workers and a firefighter suffer injuries. the blast destroys several buildings in the area, including the apartment building of nearby resident jim mcnickel. he loses everything he owns. >> i don't know how anybody can recover from something like this. my life went up in flames that night. >> after being so close to such a large explosion, cameraman jeff nichols feels lucky to make it home from work that day. >> i can't believe i'm alive. if i was a lit...

Metal shards and roofing going to cut me or hit me right in the body. >> falling debris isn't the only thing to worry about. nichols fears there could be another explosion. >> part of you wanted to flee, because your instinct is to run away from these things, especially getting hit with a heat wave in the face. part of you as a journalist, as a videographer, wants to stay. >> the fire, fueled by the leaking gas, continues to burn uncontrollably. nichols records the dramatic scene and soon learns the story has taken a tragic turn. >> need a medic over here. >> i thought to myself, someone has t...

To think. you're just trying to get the firefighter out of there. >> when gas workers arrive on the scene, officer su learns the cause of the explosions. >> i spoke to the edison supervisor and he said there's a type of short that had happened down in the vault. so what was going on was the main power was sending surges, test surges, to the lines and that was causing the explosions. >> the vault is an underground box that houses electrical equipment. captain wolf and firefighter boyle are transported to the hospital and treated for first and second-degree burns to their heads and hands. within...