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Brooklyn gas explosion injures three National Grid workers — one seriously

Three National Grid workers were taken to Cornell University Hospital, one with serious injuries, after a gas explosion occurred while they were inside a hole working to fix a gas leak on Union Avenue at Hewes Street in Brooklyn on Friday.
Danny Iudici for New York Daily News
Three National Grid workers were taken to Cornell University Hospital, one with serious injuries, after a gas explosion occurred while they were inside a hole working to fix a gas leak on Union Avenue at Hewes Street in Brooklyn on Friday.
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Three National Grid workers were injured in an explosion Friday as they repaired a gas line, officials said.

The workers were fixing the leak on Union Ave. near Hewes St. in Williamsburg about 12:45 a.m.

One of the workers was seriously injured. The other two suffered minor injuries. All three were taken to Weill Cornell Hospital.