Utility found 'hazardous situation' months before NY blast; hope of survival for 2 missing dim

More than seven months before an explosion and fire leveled three apartment buildings in Manhattan's East Village, utility workers discovered that the gas line to a restaurant in one of them had been tapped, creating a hazardous situation, according to Consolidated Edison. On Aug. 6, a meter reader at the restaurant detected the smell of gas and reported it, utility spokesman Allan Drur said.

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