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Last night, a house in Amityville on Long Island was leveled by an apparent gas explosion. Newsday reports, "The explosion at 34 Meadow Ln., off South Bayview Avenue, blew the first floor of the house to bits, showering the street and nearby houses with glass, wood and metal shards... The second floor then collapsed onto the foundation." Neighbors described it as a fireball. A family of four managed to get out of the house before the explosion--a relative said Rich Brown went to the crawl space, "smelled strong fumes and then grabbed the children and they all got outside just before the house blew up." Brown is grateful that the incident happened during the day, rather than when they were sleeping.

The Daily News reports that Con Ed will give $3.75 million to the family of a 69-year-old woman who died after a gas explosion last year. Kunta Oza was burned over 90% of her body when a gas leak caused an explosion in Sunnyside, Queens. Though neighbors had called about the gas smell, Con Ed and the FDNY couldn't find the leak and no one was evacuated. The News reports, "The gas main cracked because of corrosion and wear and tear, state regulators found, even though it was not on Con Ed's priority list for replacement." Apparently cast iron pipes are supposed to be replaced (at least that's what federal safety experts say), but Con Ed's rate of replacing its 2,500 miles "of cast-iron pipe" is "just 40 miles a year, said City Councilman Eric Gioia.

Fire marshals are trying to understand what caused the Friday afternoon gas explosion at an apartment building in Flushing.

Yesterday afternoon, an apparently gas explosion caused a fireball and shook a Flushing apartment building. The fire injured 17 people, including a 2-year-old and her father were were critically injured. A resident told the NY Times, “I saw the man, who was burnt from head to toe. His clothes were burnt and he was screaming, and he said, ‘Save my baby!’”

A Westchester County home nearly finished with construction was destroyed by a gas explosion this afternoon. Construction workers had smelled gas--perhaps after dislodging or cutting a gas line--and called the fire department.

Yesterday afternoon, a gas explosion in a Sunnyside home burned a 67-year-old woman over 90% of her body. Six other people were also injured, as over 200 people needed to be evacuated and over a hundred firefighters responded. Kunta Oza, who lives in a three-story at 41st Street and 48th Avenue, is at New York Hospital Burn Center in critical condition. WNBC reports that she "sent her grandchildren outside as a precaution. The move might...