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Massachusetts Pipe Explosion Caused by Punctured Gas Line

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(KCEN) -- There is now an update on Friday night's natural gas explosion.

The Massachusetts State Fire Marshal says a pipe was accidentally punctured by a gas company worker.

The worker was responding to reports of a gas leak in the area.

The explosion leveled a strip club and damaged 42 other buildings.

Eighteen gas workers, police and firefighters were injured.

The area had already been evacuated when the explosion happened.

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