Kansas City gas explosion

A day after a natural gas explosion leveled a popular restaurant, investigators raced to search the rubble and tried to understand how the blast happened despite suspicions that flammable fuel had been leaking, maybe for weeks, somewhere in the busy outdoor shopping area.

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  1. An ATF agent and other investigators look down a hole in an alley near JJ
  2. Two men look at the rubble of JJ
  3. A Kansas City Missouri firefighters moves debris as he sifts through the rubble of JJ
  4. Firemen and utility workers respond to a gas explosion and massive fire Tuesday night, Feb. 19, 2013 in the Plaza shopping district in Kansas City, Mo. A car crashed into a gas main in the upscale sho
  5. Utility workers repair gas lines near a building that exploded and caught fire in the Plaza shopping district of Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
  6. Firefighters are on the scene of a gas explosion and massive fire Tuesday night, Feb. 19, 2013 at JJ
  7. Fire and smoke rise at an upscale shopping district in Kansas City, Mo., where a city official said a gas explosion sparked a block-engulfing blaze, Tuesday evening, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/The Kansa
  8. Firefighters are on the scene of a gas explosion and massive fire Tuesday night, Feb. 19, 2013 at JJ's restaurant at the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo. A car crashed into a gas main in the
  9. Aerial of the flames and firefighters working at the scene of a fire at Kansas City
  10. Aerial of the building with flames at Kansas City
  11. Emergency workers pull a person on a gurney near the scene of the fire at Kansas City
  12. Aerial of the flames and firefighters working at the scene of a fire at Kansas City
  13. Aerial of the flames and firefighters working at the scene of a fire at Kansas City
  14. Fire engines and emergency officials near the scene of the fire at Kansas City, Missouri