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An explosion rumbled through a Flushing, Queens neighborhood after a man was trying to empty out his propane tank. A neighbor said, "I felt the ground move. I thought it was a plane coming down. There was a big rumble...I was in my basement and still felt it. I ran outside and saw debris everywhere."

With the fatal gas leak which claimed a woman's life when her house exploded, City Council Eric Gioia called for Con Ed CEO Kevin Burke to step down, "Homes and streets should not be exploding - period. Across the five boroughs New Yorkers are left to wonder, 'Who's next?'... How many pepole have to lose their life before Con Edison changes their procedures?"