North Carolina firefighters responding to a gas leak were evacuating people from a building Wednesday morning when it exploded, killing one and injuring more than a dozen others, officials said. Jim Rogalski, 58, was working in his office across the street from the destroyed building when the explosion blew out the windows. Blocks away, the blast shattered windows and blew at least one door off its hinges in the Brightleaf shopping district. Ed Rains was on a nearby street and couldn't see the blast but heard it. At nearby Durham School of the Arts, students were evacuated and classes dismissed for the day.

Source: ABC News April 10, 2019 15:02 UTC