Philadelphia explosion blamed on gas leak

Philadelphia explosion was caused by a gas leak, officials said Monday. The Philadelphia explosion injured eight people and toppled an unoccupied row house.

By Joann Loviglio and Keith Collins,?Associated Press / July 29, 2013

A row house collapsed following the Philadelphia explosion on Monday. A row house collapsed in South Philadelphia Monday severely damaged neighboring houses and hurting at least eight people, including a baby and a critically injured contractor.

Michael Giordano/AP

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Investigators say a?gas?leak is to blame for a?Philadelphia?house explosion that left eight people hurt, one critically.

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City officials made the determination Monday afternoon, several hours after the unoccupied home collapsed and adjoining homes were badly damaged. The house was being remodeled in the middle of a southPhiladelphia?street lined with connected two-story brick homes.

Police say a contractor was working on a water heater in the basement of the destroyed home. He is hospitalized with critical injuries while the other seven people, including a baby, have injuries that aren't life threatening.

Bricks showered onto the small street and nearly covered a car parked out front. The houses on either side of the destroyed home were left partly standing, with large sections of their masonry walls gone.

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