KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Firefighters on Wednesday resumed searching the rubble of a popular Kansas City, Missouri, restaurant destroyed by a natural gas blast and fire that injured up to 16 people and left a female employee missing.
Cadaver dogs explored the ruins of JJ's restaurant on the upscale Country Club Plaza shopping district overnight after the restaurant was engulfed by flames around 6 p.m. CST on Tuesday.
"At this time we are still searching for one victim and that is a female employee of the restaurant," Kansas City Fire Chief Paul Berardi said at press conference shortly before dawn.
Another employee reported missing late on Tuesday was found at an area hospital, he said.
Berardi said nine injured people were taken to hospitals and six or seven more went to hospitals on their own. Hospitals reported three people critically injured.
The restaurant and wine bar had several patrons inside at the time of the blast, Berardi said, along with employees. The explosion triggered a four-alarm fire that took 50 minutes to control.
Missouri Gas Energy said in a statement that first indications showed that a contractor doing work in the area had struck a natural gas line, but that the investigation was ongoing.
(Editing by Maureen Bavdek)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/several-hurt-explosion-fire-kansas-city-missouri-witnesses-012047389.html
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