DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN/AP) — Eyewitnesses are saying they thought a bomb had gone off or an earthquake had hit after a gas explosion in downtown Durham that has killed at least one person and injured others.
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Police cars blocked the streets in several directions of the explosion. A thick acrid smoked hung over a shopping district near downtown Durham. Helicopters circled overhead.