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Following an investigation, officials in the Durham Fire Department released a report <ref> https://wwwcache.wral.com/asset/news/local/2019/08/09/18560197/8.8.19_N_Duke_Street_Gas_Explosion_Report___Appendices-DMID1-5jr9s37is.pdf</ref> which determined that a three person crew from [[Optic Cable Technology]] digging horizontally to install underground cables breached a 3/4 inch gas line in front of Kaffeinate on the morning of the explosion. <ref> https://www.wral.com/investigation-identifies-who-cut-gas-line-that-led-to-fatal-durham-explosion/18560049/ </ref>
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. <ref> https://www.wral.com/investigation-identifies-who-cut-gas-line-that-led-to-fatal-durham-explosion/18560049/ </ref>
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