KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One child was killed, one child and their father were injured after a gas line explosion and fire Wednesday night in Lexington, Missouri.
Lexington police told KSHB 41 Wednesday night that the father and child who survived are being treated at hospitals in Kansas City, Missouri.
The City of Lexington posted on social media at about 7:45 p.m. that a sub-contractor had struck a gas line behind a funeral home on 18th Street between Franklin and South.
Multiple emergency responders responded to the scene.
Liberty Gas shut off gas to the entire city.
It will likely be sometime this morning before gas service is restored.
Once it is restored, the city is advising residents to check all pilot lights to make sure they are in working order.
The city is advising residents to avoid the area.
City officials tell KSHB 41 there will be a 10 a.m. news conference with an update on the investigation.
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