Detroit, building fire
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An apartment building explosion Monday that rocked a westside Detroit community and injured a dozen people, including children, was caused by a gas leak, the Detroit Fire Department has concluded.
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Thirteen people were hospitalized — including six kids — after an explosion at an apartment building on Detroit's west side early Monday morning.
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