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tonight they reported a second leak at this mall, and many irate officials want to know what's going on..
"Clearly, these sorts of events do not happen and they should not happen," Romanucci said. "The force of this explosion was akin to a meteor hitting the ground."
He said Peoples Energy was responsible for maintaining the gas line that ruptured to cause the explosion and was thus named in the lawsuit.
Romanucci said attorneys planned to investigate whether there was a gas leak before the explosion occurred and whether the explosion was preventable.
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'Car came completely off the ground'
'It blew up'
(Suspicious)
Investigators Thursday were focusing on a gas line break, but it was not clear how it happened, officials from Peoples Energy said.
Whatever it was appeared to be an accident, but is under investigation, saidTom Ahern, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Officials from Peoples Energy said Thursday a 20-inch medium-pressure line was fractured, but they were still trying to determine when and how the line broke.
The line was inspected last August and no problems were reported, a Peoples spokeswoman said.
Sierra said crews had also found tunnels and diesel tanks beneath the parking lot that were being checked, as well as an above-ground regulator box blown from its fixture, he said.
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