Philadelphia Row houses falls - Jul 30,2013

(CNN) -- Row houses were reduced to rubble when an explosion rocked a Philadelphia neighborhood Monday, sending at least eight people to hospitals. Natural gas caused the blast, which collapsed three homes, city officials said in a statement. Witnesses told CNN affiliate KYW that they smelled gas after the blast. "I was sitting in the house and I heard a big bang," Mike McGraw told KYW. "The door slammed and the TV went out." His son, Mike McGraw Jr., said he saw the buckled buildings and watched firefighters hose down a man who had been burned. "They threw this baby out the window because the girl was on fire," he said, "and the fireman had to catch the baby." A contractor was doing rehab work in a vacant home when it collapsed, Deputy Fire Chief Robert Coyne told reporters. The two adjacent houses were also destroyed, he said. This story from Philadelpia,and more topics tonight.

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