NATION : Blast at Army Base Kills Child
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INDIANAPOLIS — A natural gas explosion rocked an apartment complex at an Army base, killing a 5-year-old girl and injuring 17 residents and rescuers, authorities said.
The girl’s remains were discovered in the rubble of the building early today, about 12 hours after it blew up, officials at Ft. Benjamin Harrison said.
The blast occurred hours after fire authorities arrived to investigate a gas leak at another building in the complex. That building was being evacuated when the blast hit several hundred feet away, authorities said.
The explosion, in a housing area for enlisted personnel, destroyed a four-family housing unit and damaged another.
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