Moment daycare center EXPLODES just minutes after evacuation

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A daycare centre in Washington was evacuated on January 18, minutes before a gas leak caused an explosion at a store next-door.

Emergency crews received reports of an outside gas leak on Thursday morning and began evacuating buildings on the street.

“About 20 minutes after that first 911 call there was an explosion in the two-storey building. That explosion knocked out the windows on the second floor and created a flash fire. A secondary explosion occurred in a convenience store and it knocked down the convenience store,” Fire and EMS Chief John A Donnelly said.

Video shared by DC Fire and EMS shows firefighters standing outside a convenience store when a huge explosion destroys the shop, sending debris flying across the street.

One person was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The 16 children who were safely evacuated from the daycare centre were reunited with their parents a short time later.

Firefighters believe the leak happened after a vehicle struck a gas meter attached to a building.

“Lives were saved by the swift action of the first arriving firefighters at this 2nd Alarm gas explosion and fire,” they said.

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