Two teens, construction worker injured in Newark gas line explosion; neighbors evacuated

Two teens and a construction worker were injured in an explosion on a residential street in Newark on Saturday afternoon.

Newark officials say utility workers who were working on a water line on Magazine Street and accidentally hit a gas line just after noon, resulting in an explosion that propelled the front facade of a private house — onto the street.

“The whole house shook, it was a really loud noise. My niece like she started crying because she got scared,” said Raquel Rodriguez…

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