Neighbors reported gas smell hours before building explosion. Here’s what we’re learning

Channel 2 Action News learned late Wednesday afternoon that an apartment building explosion may have been caused by someone stealing copper from inside the vacant building.

An open flame then sparked the blast.

Neighbors who survived the explosion told Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes they want to know why they were told to go back to their homes when clearly it wasn’t safe to do so…

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