Building gas explosion in US: 1 dead, 15 injured

North Carolina firefighters responding to a gas leak were evacuating people from a building Wednesday morning when a gas leak exploded, killing one and injuring more than a dozen others, Report informs citing US media. 

Durham Fire Chief Robert Zoldos said the blast at 10:07 a.m. involved five buildings on the block and catastrophically damaged one. Zoldos said the cause of the explosion was still under investigation.