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Dashboard cam captures gas explosion in suburban street

Fifteen people were injured in the blast.

FIFTEEN WORKERS WERE injured, two of them critically, after a gas explosion in a suburb of New Jersey in the United States.

Police in the town of Stafford have released a dashcam video of the explosion which completely blew apart a house that was under construction.

New Jersey Gas Explosion Personnel search the smouldering debris. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

NJ.com reports that police, emergency services and gas company workers were at the scene when the explosion occurred yesterday morning.

Seven utility workers were injured, including two who are in a critical condition.

New Jersey Gas Explosion AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

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