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|caption = Scene of the explosion in March 2020, cleared and fenced off
|date = {{start date|2019|4|10}}
|time = 10:07 am.<ref name="cbs17">{{cite news |date=April 11, 2019 |access-date
|place = 115 North Duke Street, [[Bright Leaf Historic District|Brightleaf]], [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], [[North Carolina]]
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|reported property damage = Destruction and collapse of buildings located at 111 and 115 N. Duke St, damaged vehicles including [[Porsche]]s, windows shattered in and around Brightleaf District<ref name="CNN">{{cite news |date=April 10, 2019 |access-date
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On April 10, 2019, a [[gas explosion]] occurred near downtown [[Durham, North Carolina]] at the 115 block of North Duke Street in the [[Bright Leaf Historic District|Brightleaf District]]. The blast destroyed several buildings and damaged dozens of others,<ref name="bloomberg">{{Cite news| title = Gas Explosion Shakes Downtown Durham, North Carolina
On June 22, 2020, four lawsuits were filed in relation to the explosion. Each lawsuit represented separate victims of the blast, including one of the two deceased.<ref name="NewsObserver">{{cite news |date=June 22, 2020 |access-date
==Background==
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==Explosion==
At 10:06{{nbsp}}am, an explosion was reported near downtown Durham. The sound of the explosion was captured by one of the cameras facing the nearby [[Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass|11-foot-8 bridge]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 10, 2019 |title=Durham explosion: Camera on bridge caught sound of blast |language=en |work=[[WTVD]] |url=https://abc11.com/5242153/ |access-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724062200/https://abc11.com/5242153/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The damage was widespread, as businesses roughly two blocks away suffered damage, although this was mostly limited to shattered windows. Fifteen buildings suffered damage in and around the Brightleaf District.<ref name="abc11">{{Cite news| title = LATEST: Duke Hospital updates status of patients injured in deadly Durham explosion
The [[Durham School of the Arts]] suffered damage to its interior, although no injuries were reported.
===Casualties===
25 people were treated for injuries and at least 10 people were sent to local hospitals. Both [[Duke Regional Hospital]] and [[Duke University Hospital]] received 5 patients. Kong Lee, the owner of Kaffeinate, was killed in the blast, as he prepared to evacuate the store. Jay Rambeaut, a [[Dominion Energy]] first responder, was sent to [[UNC Health Care|UNC Medical Center]], where he died from his injuries on April 25.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article229664674.html|title=Utility worker injured in Durham gas explosion has died|last=Vaughan|first=Dawn|date=April 25, 2019|work=The News & Observer|access-date=April 25, 2019|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425144948/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article229664674.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Five of the injured were in critical condition. Nine of the 25 injured were responding firefighters. One firefighter suffered major injuries and underwent surgery. [[Vincent Price (educator)|Vincent E. Price]], the president of [[Duke University]], confirmed that 10 Duke employees were injured in the explosion.<ref name="Duke">{{Cite news| title = 'Frightening and sad day': Duke employees injured in Durham explosion, President Price says
==Aftermath==
Passersby and nearby building occupants rushed to the scene after the explosion, seeking to help the injured, while others helped motorists who were trapped in their cars by inflated [[airbag]]s. City firefighters arrived to fight the fire that was caused by the explosion. Once the blaze was extinguished, a search-and-rescue effort began; it continued until the evening of the following day.
Following an investigation, officials in the Durham Fire Department released a report<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwwcache.wral.com/asset/news/local/2019/08/09/18560197/8.8.19_N_Duke_Street_Gas_Explosion_Report___Appendices-DMID1-5jr9s37is.pdf|title=115 North Duke Street, Fatal Natural Gas Explosion - Origin and Cause Investigation Report - Incident No. 19-1909574 - April 10, 2019|last=Graves|first=Brian|publication-date=August 2, 2019|publisher=City of Durham Fire Department|website=wwwcache.wral.com|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115112837/https://wwwcache.wral.com/asset/news/local/2019/08/09/18560197/8.8.19_N_Duke_Street_Gas_Explosion_Report___Appendices-DMID1-5jr9s37is.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> which determined that a three person crew from [[Optic Cable Technology]] digging horizontally to install underground cables breached a {{Convert|3/4|in|cm|0|adj=on}} gas line in front of Kaffeinate on the morning of the explosion. Shop owner Kong Lee went outside to complain about the gas smell – the report includes images from a nearby security camera that shows Lee waving his hand in front of his nose as he talked with the crew – but there was no evidence that Lee or anyone from Optic Cable called 911 to report the gas leak. The report was unable to determine what ignited the estimated {{Convert|46,000|cuft}} of natural gas that leaked out of the ruptured pipe in the roughly 60 minutes from the initial breach to the explosion at 10:06{{nbsp}}am.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.wral.com/investigation-identifies-who-cut-gas-line-that-led-to-fatal-durham-explosion/18560049|title = Investigation identifies who cut gas line that led to fatal Durham explosion|date = August 9, 2019|access-date = April 11, 2020|archive-date = April 11, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200411020749/https://www.wral.com/investigation-identifies-who-cut-gas-line-that-led-to-fatal-durham-explosion/18560049/|url-status = live}}</ref>
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