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A business exploded after an 89-year-old pipe in the street failed, highlighting need for natural gas detectors, NTSB says

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By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A joint welded between two huge gas pipes nearly 90 years ago and buried under a street failed and caused a Kansas auto parts store to explode in flames, the National Transportation Safety Board determined in a report released Tuesday.

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    A business exploded after an 89-year-old pipe in the street failed, highlighting need for natural gas detectors, NTSB says (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A joint welded between two huge gas pipes nearly 90 years ago and buried under a street failed and caused a Kansas auto parts store to explode in flames, the National Transportation Safety Board determined in a report released Tuesday.

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