Underground Gas Tank Blast in N.C. Kills 1

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The explosion left a crater 5 to 6 feet deep and 15 to 20 feet across, and hurled chunks of asphalt and debris 100 to 200 yards, said Capt. Ronald Maybee with the Jacksonville Fire Department. He said the underground tank was decades old.

"I've never seen anything like it," Maybee said.